The sanctions have already killed 1.5 million Iraqis over the past eight years. 8,000 more die each month. Sanctions are genocidal weapons of mass destruction and they must be lifted immediately. The weapons inspection process proved itself to be an endless farce. Iraqis have a right to assert their sovereignty and their right to self-determination without repression from any foreign power.
Sanctions are also a human rights violation.
The International Action Center is currently working with a second Iraq Sanctions Challenge. Lead by Ramsey Clark, the delegation will deliver another large quantity of medicine, as they did in May 1998. They will arrive in Baghdad in time for the activities commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Parliamentarians, religious leaders, human rights activists, writers, artists and trade unionists from all over the world will gather in Iraq to launch a campaign to include economic sanctions in any universally accepted definition of human rights abuses. The conference will focus on the UN's role with regard to sanctions and human rights.