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UNESCO cancels its overdue Iraqi debts
Iraq, Politics, 9/27/1999
UNESCO said yesterday that it is canceling its overdue debts from Iraq in order to provide the necessary funding to establish 400 schools in Iraq.
Colin Power, the deputy general manger of UNESCO, who is currently visiting Baghdad stated that his organization objects to anything that may increase the Iraqi children's suffering, adding that UNESCO seeks to lift up the sanctions from the Iraqi people.
He also blamed the US and UK for the sanctions and criticized the sanctions committee's decision to prevent Iraq from importing pencils on the pretext that they can be used in the weapons industry.
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