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Dear Philippa/All >What's the best way to address the dual-use items? Do you classify them as >"economic" sanctions? thanks, Philippa Winkler Our feeling is that the Security Council needs a rational and humane "dual-use" policy - and this is as much about interpretation and implementation as about the 'list' itself. As far as I can see, it is not currently clear what the humanitarian implications of the proposed Red List are. Hopefully those who are beavering away on this will get something solid the rest of us can use. In direct answer to your question, lifting "economic" sanctions does not in my view necessarily mean allowing in ALL "dual-use" goods, just those with a humanitarian justification. This may well be the overwhelming majority of such goods. Voices UK doesn't have a policy on the details of an acceptable "dual- use" policy. Cheers Mil Milan Rai Joint Coordinator, Voices in the Wilderness UK milanrai@btinternet.com 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards on Sea East Sussex UK TN38 0HE Phone/fax 0845 458 9571 local rate within UK Phone/fax 44 1424 428 792 from outside UK Pager 07623 746 462 Voices website http://viwuk.freeserve.co.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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