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Hello, all. I haven't posted to the list before. I am currently working on the sanctions as part of the National Network to End the War Against Iraq. In that regard, I have created (with considerable material from Voices in the Wilderness, EPIC, and Voices UK) a document of talking points and quotations about smart sanctions, including especially the UK resolution. It's on the web at http://www.endthewar.org/smartsanctions.htm It has been publicized in a number of places, including on Mariam Appeal's Iraq Sanctions Monitor. If any of you find it useful, please don't hesitate to publicize it further. When I wrote it, I didn't have the draft resolution to scrutinize and had to work from media reports about the resolution. I think everything stands up, except that I couldn't find explicit mention in the UK draft of any provision raising the percentage deducted for the UN Compensation Commission from 25% to 30%, although an article in the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58172-2001May21.html) mentioned it. Unfortunately, reading resolution-ese is not easy, and it's quite possible I missed something. It seems clear that there is at least implicit provision for deducting more money, partly through bringing more funds under Oil for Food and partly through unspecified compensations to Turkey, Jordan, and Syria for losses they may incur. Does anyone know if it is, in fact, true that the deduction will be explicitly increased to 30%? In solidarity, Rahul Mahajan -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.casi.org.uk