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IRAQ - 3 events
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Thu Apr 27 10:14:52 2000
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:14:38 -0400
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
1. Scott Ritter, former UNSCOM weapons inspector, resigned.
2. Hans von Sponeck, former UN Humanitarian Coordinator, resigned.
3. Anthony Arnove, editor of "Iraq Under Siege".
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1. Thursday, April 27th, 4:30 pm
at 152 Bay State Road, Boston.
Scott Ritter, former Unscom weapons inspector will be speaking;
Its a talk at Boston University that is free and open to the public.
2. Date: Monday, May 1, 2000
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Emerson Hall, Room 105, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Directions and Questions: Boston Mobilization for Survival
Campaign for the Iraqi People (617) 354-0008.
mobilize@jps.net, horan@world.std.com
In his first US talk since resigning, former UN Assistant Secretary-General
and UN Humanitarian Coordinator on Iraq Hans von Sponeck speaks on:
"US/UN Policy on Iraq: Who's Paying the Price?"
For nearly ten years, Iraq has been under the most comprehensive sanctions
regime in the history of the UN. Hans von Sponeck was responsible for
administering the Oil-for-Food Program, which allows Iraq to sell oil to
purchase humanitarian supplies. He resigned from the UN in protest at the
harm that sanctions have inflicted on Iraqi society. His resignation has
sparked worldwide discussion of the sanctions.
In his first U.S. talk since his resignation, von Sponeck will discuss the
effects of sanctions on Iraq's social fabric, especially health and
education. He will describe the "deprofessionalizing" and "deskilling" of
educated Iraqis and the creation of a "lost generation" of young Iraqis. He
will argue that the UN must lift economic sanctions on Iraq so that
disarmament issues can be pursued without harming civilians.
The evening will include discussion of steps we can take to organize a
change in US foreign policy.
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3. May 9, 2000; 7 PM
MIT 4-237
Anthony Arnove will be releasing the new book "Iraq Under Siege:
The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War." This is an SJC event.
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