Sanctions may create a danger to peace, in the region and in the world. Sanctions destroy Islamic and Iraqi family values. Sanctions have undermined the advancement of women and have encouraged a massive 'brain drain'. Sanctions destroy the lives of children, their expectation, and those of young adults. Sanctions breach the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention of Human Rights, and the Rights of the Child.
Sanctions are counterproductive and have no positive impact on the leadership.
And as I have said already, I can find no legitimate justification for sustaining economic sanctions under these circumstances. To do so, in my view, is to disregard the high principles of the United Nations Charter, the Convention of Human Rights, the very moral leadership and credibility of the United Nations itself. And continuation undermines the global rule of the United States in addition. UN Resolution 986 has failed to provide the food and medicine necessary to sustain life in Iraq.