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Note that the Security Council identifies and acknowledges the link between economic sanctions and Iraq’s “humanitarian situation.” In Resolution 1284 the Security Council announces its intention to, upon reports from the IAEA and UMOVIC that Iraq cooperated in “all respects” for 120 days, “suspend with the fundamental objective of improving the humanitarian situation in Iraq and securing the implementation of the Council's resolutions, for a period of 120 days renewable by the Council......... prohibitions against the import of commodities and products originating in Iraq, and prohibitions against the sale, supply and delivery to Iraq of civilian commodities and products other than those referred to in paragraph 24 of resolution 687 (1991) or those to which the mechanism established by resolution 1051 (1996) applies” (S/Res/1284, 17 December 1999, paragraph 33) <http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/1999/99sc1284.htm> * If suspending the non-military sanctions will improve the humanitarian situation in Iraq then there must be a closed correlation between the non-military sanctions and the humanitarian situation * If the Security Council acknowledges the link between non-military sanctions and the humanitarian situation but is unwilling to suspend non-military sanctions, perhaps one can reach at least two conclusions: 1) The Security Council will not suspend non-military sanctions exclusively to improve the humanitarian situation 2) The Security Council finds the existing humanitarian situation acceptable or believes that certain objectives and non-military sanctions’ actually current observable and present results are more important than improving the humanitarian situation 3) The Security Council is not doing all in its power to improve and/or solve Iraq’s civilian humanitarian situation See below for full paragraph: http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/1999/99sc1284.htm “Expresses its intention, upon receipt of reports from the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC and from the Director General of the IAEA that Iraq has cooperated in all respects with UNMOVIC and the IAEA in particular in fulfilling the work programmes in all the aspects referred to in paragraph 7 above, for a period of 120 days after the date on which the Council is in receipt of reports from both UNMOVIC and the IAEA that the reinforced system of ongoing monitoring and verification is fully operational, to suspend with the fundamental objective of improving the humanitarian situation in Iraq and securing the implementation of the Council's resolutions, for a period of 120 days renewable by the Council, and subject to the elaboration of effective financial and other operational measures to ensure that Iraq does not acquire prohibited items, prohibitions against the import of commodities and products originating in Iraq, and prohibitions against the sale, supply and delivery to Iraq of civilian commodities and products other than those referred to in paragraph 24 of resolution 687 (1991) or those to which the mechanism established by resolution 1051 (1996) applies” (S/Res/1284, 17 December 1999, paragraph 33) ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi