Sanctions againt Iraq have resulted in an increase of approximately 90,000 deaths yearly due to the sanctions (more than 250 people die a day) -- UNICEF, 1998

"The Oil-for-Food plan has not yet resulted in adequate protection of Iraq's children from malnutrition/disease. Those children spared from death continue to remain deprived of essential rights addressed in the Convention of Rights of the Child." -- UNICEF, 1998

Greetings,

In April 1998, UNICEF published a 100 page report entitled "Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Iraq." That report has been summarized into a 1-2 page summary fact-sheet, and a 20-page summary report for distribution.

The 1-2 page summary fact-sheet is available on the IAC website ( http://leb.net/IAC/ ). All the information presented is direct quotations from the report. The 20-page report will be available on-line soon. For copies of the complete UNICEF report, contact UNICEF reference librarian: tel. 212.326.7065; e-mail: jando@unicef.org

Kind regards, -Rania Masri
Iraq Action Coalition http://leb.net/IAC/