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Red Cross warns of deteriorating living conditions in Iraq 12:50 GMT, 08 May 1999 BAGHDAD, May 8 (AFP) -The International Committee of the Red Crosswarned Saturday that living conditions were deteriorating in Iraq under UN sanctions in force since 1990. "After eight years of economic sanctions, the ICRC is increasingly concerned by the steady deterioration of living conditions," the ICRC's representative in Iraq, Michel Minnig, said in a statement. He said the ICRC has decided "to increase its activities in the field of water and sanitation," in the rehabilitation of hospitals and health centres, delivery of medical supplies and equipment, and medical training. "Nevertheless, it is the ICRC opinion that humanitarian action alone can not be a substitute for the country's needs," he warned. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html