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Re: Canadian parliamentary activity on sanctions.




Just a small correction: Svend Robinson's address is:
Robinson.S@parl.gc.ca. 


--- Colin Rowat <cir20@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I attach below two messages relating to a Canadian
> parliamentary motion.
> The first describes the motion briefly and suggests
> action.  The second is
> a letter from a US Congresswoman to Canadian PM Jean
> Chretien, urging him
> to support the motion.
> 
> Both messages have been posted to the US-based IAC
> (Iraq Action Coalition)
> list.
> 
> Svend Robinson, the proposer of the motion, belongs
> to the New Democratic
> Party, a centre-left party.  My guess, without
> knowing more about the
> motion, is that it is a private members' motion, and
> therefore less likely
> to be expected to pass.
> 
> If someone on the list could:
> 
> (i) obtain a text of the motion; and
> (ii) find out whether it is indeed a private
> members' motion;
> 
> I would find it very useful.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Colin Rowat
> Coordinator, Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq
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> 
> Subject: [IAC] Canadian Parliament Motion to Lift
> Economic Sanctions
> 
> 
> >From Ahmad Motiar <motiar@pathcom.com>
> 
> URGENT ATTENTION:
> 
> Svend Robinson, the MP for Burnaby-Douglas in B.C.
> has placed Motion M-223
> to Lift Economic Sanctions Against Iraq. All people
> of conscience need to
> lend support to this motion by sending letters or
> e-mails urging the
> adoption of this motion to the Prime Minister, the
> Foreign Minister and a
> copy to Mr. Robinson.
> 
> To make your task easy copy and send the following
> message or write one of
> your own.
> 
> MESSAGE FOR THE PRIME MINISTER:
> 
> The Honourable Jean Chretien
> Prime Minister of Canada.
> E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca
> 
> Re: M-223: Motion to Lift Economic Sanctions Against
> Iraq
> 
> As the economic sanctions imposed upon Iraq since
> 1991 serve only to
> inflict severe suffering on civilians, especially
> the most vulnerable
> members of the Iraqi population, namely the elderly,
> the sick and
> children, we urge you to take immediate steps to
> help pass Motion M-223.
> 
> The sanctions are repugnant because they violate the
> mandate of the United
> Nations, which is to save lives, not to facilitate
> the death and suffering
> of civilians. Continued support of these inhuman
> sanctions is
> unconscionable and a blot against the good name of
> Canada which has taken
> a strong stand against violations of human rights.
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> TYPE YOUR NAME
> 
> cc.    Hon. Lloyd Axworthy,
>         Minister of Foreign Affairs
>         email: axworl@parl.gc.ca
> 
>         Hon. Svend J. Robinson
>         robinso@parl.gc.ca
> 
>
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> 
> The Honourable Jean Chretien
> Prime Minister of Canada
> E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca
> 
> November 2, 1999
> 
> Re: M-223: Motion to Lift Economic Sanctions Against
> Iraq
> 
> Dear Prime Minister Chretien,
> 
> Recently I sent a member of my staff to Iraq to
> learn first hand how the
> sanctions are impacting the civilian population and
> to obtain additional
> data on the effects of depleted uranium ammunition
> used in the Gulf war.
> 
> My aide confirmed that the economic sanctions
> imposed upon Iraq since 1991
> serve primarily to inflict severe suffering on
> civilians, especially the
> most vulnerable members of the Iraqi population,
> namely the elderly, the
> sick and children, I urge you to take immediate
> steps to help pass Motion
> M-223. 
> 
> The sanctions are repugnant because they violate the
> mandate of the
> United Nations, which is to save lives, not to
> facilitate the death and
> suffering of civilians. Continued support of these
> inhuman sanctions is
> unconscionable and a blot against the good name of
> Canada which has
> taken a strong stand against violations of human
> rights.
> 
> The U.S. led sanctions regime is morally
> unsustainable.  With the death
> toll of civilians in excess of one million, I am
> convinced the policy is
> now in violation of the letter and intent of the
> Geneva Convention's
> prohibition against weapons if the "incidental loss
> of civilian
> life...would be excessive in relation to the
> concrete and direct
> military advantage" gained.
> 
> I have no illusions about the government of Saddam
> Hussein.  Yet the
> fact remains, in light of the sanction regime's
> failure to produce any
> discernible result other than widespread suffering
> and death among the
> civilian population, I have concluded that it is a
> policy that has moved
> beyond failure, to that of a gross violation of
> human rights.
> 
> It is time for the world community to craft a new
> policy for Iraq that
> contains Iraqi aggression, but does not inflict
> suffering indiscriminately
> upon the Iraqi people.  Again, I urge you to pass
> Motion M-223. 
> 
>                               Yours sincerely,
> 
>                               Cynthia A. McKinney
>                               Member, United States Congress
> 

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