From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >***Please Distribute Freely*** > >MASSIVE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CALL-IN DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ >TUESDAY, April 3, 2001 > >As a debate ensues between moderates calling for "easing sanctions" and >hardliner demanding "regime change" and tighter sanctions, DON'T REMAIN >SILENT. If the hardliners win, another U.S. Administration will be locked >into maintaining a siege that has already claimed over one million lives. >Please join us and other concerned folks around the country. On April 3rd, >plan to make at least two phone calls to Washington, DC. Calls should >target: (1) U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell at 202-647-5291 AND (2) >your Representative via the Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121. See >details below. > >WHY APRIL 3rd? On April 3rd, 1991, the UN Security Council (UNSC) passed >Resolution 687, which reinstated sanctions against Iraq following the Gulf >War. As stated by the scholar, Sarah Graham Brown: "This was the first >time such a draconian UN embargo had been imposed on a state which had just >suffered severe infrastructural damage in the course of a war (p. 57)" In >other words, when the Iraqi people needed international support to rebuild >their country, they were hit with international isolation. > >Resolution 687 also established the infamous 661 Sanctions Committee, which >decides what goods are allowed or not allowed into Iraq. Composed of >representatives of the UN Security Council in New York City, this committee >is currently holding up over 1,600 contracts, including $2.9 billion of >humanitarian supplies. Mark the 10-year anniversary of Resolution 687 by >demanding an end to the 661 Committee. An economy of over 23 million >people should not be controlled by bureaucrats in New York City. > >(1) CALL SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL at 202-647-5291 or fax >202-647-6434. > >Thank the Secretary of State for publicly acknowledging the need to >alleviate the suffering of ordinary Iraqis. Remind him that the UN >Oil-for-Food program cannot address the dire poverty (over 50% of the >population lives below the poverty line) and unemployment underlying Iraq's >humanitarian crisis. Urge Powell to eliminate the 661 Sanctions Committee >and other obstacles that prevent the restoration of civilian economic life >to Iraq. > >(2) CALL YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE > >Support recently introduced legislation to lift sanctions. Representative >Conyers (D-MI) and 9 other Members of Congress have introduced H.R 742, the >Humanitarian Exports Leading to Peace (H.E.L.P.) Act of 2001. If passed, >H.R. 742 would change U.S. law to allow farmers, relief organizations and >companies to export food, medicine and agricultural goods directly to Iraq. > Circumventing the 661 Committee, U.S. trade with Iraq would hasten the end >of the trade embargo. H.R. 742 also calls on the U.S. Government to take >all necessary steps to end the suffering of innocent populations in Iraq. >For details and the full text of the bill visit >http://saveageneration.org/wawatch (EPIC's new home page for grassroots >advocates). > >Call your Representatives via the Congressional switchboard at 202/225-3121 >or 202/224-3121! Urge them to co-sponsor H.R. 742, the Humanitarian Exports >Leading to Peace Act of 2001. When you call, ask for the foreign policy >staffer. Be prepared to leave a brief voice message and your phone number >if necessary. If your Representative has already co-sponsored this >important legislation, thank them for their support. > >Don't know who your congressperson is? Want their direct phone number and >contact information? Visit http://congress.gov and scroll down to "Elected >Officials". Punch in your zip code and follow the links to get the phone >number for your Representative in Washington. > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >Sponsors: Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC), Free Iraq Foundation >(FIF), Muslim Student Association of USA & Canada (MSA), Student Peace >Action Network (SPAN), Union of Arab Student Associations (UASA) and the >National Network to End the War Against Iraq (NNEWAI). > >Info: For more info and to get in touch with other students/groups planning >this action on campuses nationwide, email ymirza(a)gwu.edu. > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >EDUCATION for PEACE in IRAQ CENTER (EPIC) >1101 Penn. 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