News
May 2003
05/23/2003
The long overdue decision to lift sanctions should provide an opportunity to reflect on the lessons learned from a policy "which failed to achieve its aims, and proved a disaster for Iraqi civilians", the group Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq said in a statement.
Read moreFrom: Cambridge Solidarity with Iraq (CASI) Related: [Iraq] [Economy] [United Nations] |
05/22/2003
The United Nations Security Council must ensure that human rights are at the centre of any draft resolution on Iraq, says an international rights group.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Iraq] [Human Rights] [United Nations] Image: United Nations © Women's Human Rights Net
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05/21/2003
Iraqis have been urged to provide the justification for the invasion of their own country as occupation forces offer rewards for information leading to weapons of mass destruction.
Read moreFrom: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Related: [Iraq] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] Image: Weapons of mass destruction? © Radio Netherlands
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05/21/2003
Reports of the death of nine Iraqi children in recent days as they played with dumped ammunition left over from the war came as no surprise, said aid workers in Basra.
Read moreFrom: Christian Aid Related: [Iraq] [Children] [Arms & Military] [Security] Image: Landmine menace to children
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05/16/2003
The United States is hitting roadblocks in its attempts to secure a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at legitimising its military attack on Iraq and giving it full control of the country's oil resources.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Iraq] [United States] [Economy] [Conflict Resolution] [United Nations] Image: An end to sanctions? © Global Exchange / Global Exchange
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05/15/2003
The United Nations Children's Fund calls for urgent action to halt what it believes is the plummeting nutritional status of Iraqi children.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Related: [Iraq] [Children] [Health] Image: Young Iraqis
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05/14/2003
The United States government has known since 3 May about the existence of a mass grave in Hilla, Iraq, but has not taken action to protect the site, a human rights group charged today.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Iraq] [United States] [Justice and Crime] |
05/13/2003
The humanitarian situation in Iraq will deteriorate rapidly if insecurity continues to grow, a prominent development charity said yesterday as it urged United States and British forces to take immediate steps to restore order.
Read moreFrom: CARE International UK Related: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [United States] [Health] [Security] |
05/12/2003
A lack of clean drinking water is posing a threat to children in southern Iraq, the United Nations Children's Fund warns.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Related: [Iraq] [Children] [Water/Sanitation] [Health] |
05/12/2003
United States and British forces must immediately secure sites of potential mass graves in order to preserve the evidence for identifying the remains and initiating prosecutions against those responsible, says a rights organisation.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Iraq] [Justice and Crime] [Conflict Resolution] |
05/12/2003
Seven cases of cholera, mostly in young children, are reported by doctors in Basra.
Read moreFrom: Environment News Service (ENS) Related: [Iraq] [Health] |
05/02/2003
Even greater turbulence and misery face Iraq unless the occupying forces take comprehensive action immediately and the United Nations is given a central role in managing the transition to democracy, a group of development agencies warn.
Read moreFrom: CAFOD Related: [Iraq] [Emergency Relief] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Iraqi health services: under threat © United Nations Children's Fund
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05/02/2003
Two trucks carrying $320,000 worth of medical supplies sent by a Catholic relief organisation are expected to arrive in Baghdad at the weekend.
Read moreFrom: CAFOD Related: [Iraq] [Emergency Relief] |
05/01/2003
The United Nations Security Council should set aside past differences on Iraq and find new unity, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday.
Read moreFrom: ReliefWeb UN OCHA Related: [Iraq] [Geopolitics] [Conflict Resolution] [United Nations] |
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