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[OPIRG-EVENTS] Tomorrow (Sat.): Conference to End Sanctions against Iraq
Conference tomorrow!:
WAR, SANCTIONS and CANADA: THE CASE OF IRAQ
Sanctions against Iraq have triggered an humanitarian disaster of
catastrophic proportions. Over 1.5 million Iraqi civilians already have
died. Oil-for-Food 'relief' has failed to reverse soaring mortality rates
in Iraq, estimated by UN agencies at over 8,000 deaths per month.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13 1:00 - 5:15 PM
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Education Lamoureux Hall, Rm. 122
145 Jean-Jacques Lussier, University of Ottawa
Registration $10.
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
1:00 pm Welcome
Overview of CANESI and Conference Goals
Moderator: Dale Hildebrand
1:15 pm Introduction of Keynote Speaker
- Bill Janzen
1:30 - 2:15 Keynote Address: “Justice, Not Retaliation, for the Iraqi People”
- Hans von Sponeck (Geneva), former UN Coordinator of the Humanitarian
Program in Iraq
2:15 - 2:45 Questions and Discussion
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:00 PANEL : International Perspectives
- Kathy Kelly : ‘Smart Sanctions’: Tightening the Noose
- Rania Masri: US Policy and International Law
- Felicity Arbuthnot: Public Access to Information: Role of Media
4:00 - 5:00 PANEL : Canadian Perspectives
- TBA : Canadian Policy on Sanctions Against Iraq
- Neil Arya Public Response: Canadian Churches,
Dale Hildebrand Disarmament Organisations
5:00- 5:15 Summary, and Further Directions
- Panelists: - Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness (Chicago)
- Rania Masri, Iraq Action Coalition (Raleigh)
- Dale Hildebrand, Kairos (Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives)
- Neil Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival
- Felicity Arbuthnot, Journalist (UK)
Conference Goals
1) Public Education
To make accessible UN information on current conditions in Iraq and
analysis of the on-going Security Council impasse.
2) A Forum for Broader Participation
By Canadian human rights, international development, and peace /disarmament
organisations to learn about CANESI, and to discuss the broader
implications of economic sanctions policy in relation to international law
and global security.
Keynote Talk: “Justice, Not Retaliation, for the Iraqi People”
by Hans von Sponeck (Geneva), former UN Coordinator of the Humanitarian
Program in Iraq
Panel discussions: “International Perspectives” & “Canadian Perspectives”
Organised by the Canadian Network to End Sanctions on Iraq (CANESI)
SPONSORS: Kairos (Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives), Physicians for
Global Survival, National Council for Canada Arab Relations, Voice of Women
for Peace.
For information marca@arobas.net Tel: (514) 722-5538
<http://www.canesi.org/>
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