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The following is the text of a letter received from Clare short, the Seretary of State for International Development on the issue of Depleted Uranium. It was in response to a question raised by Sir Cyril Townsend at the UNICEF UK National Committee annual lecture. Date 23 november To Sir Cyril Townsend Director CAABU "We are not in fact undertaking or aware of any research into the health implications of shells tipped with depleted uranium. We are discussing with WHO Geneva the possibility of our contributing to the costs of projects for the whole of Iraq for improving health planning, developing training links and improving research into the treatment of emerging diseases such as cancers. At present we have only outline proposals which have recently been approved by the Government of Iraq." Clare Short Perhaps those of you who are more up to date on the Depleted Uranium issue than I am could advise on the contents of a follow up letter. It seems to need one. Chris Doyle -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi