Speaker of Moroccan parliament leads Arab delegation to European parliament over lifting anti-Iraq sanctions
Speaker of the Moroccan house of representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, will lead an Arab parliamentary delegation on a mission to the European Parliament for the lifting of the sanctions enforced against Iraq.
The Arab delegation will meet this Wednesday speaker of the European parliament, Nicole Fontaine.
The APU secretariat general appointed Radi chairman of the Arab delegation to undertake contacts with the European Parliament and other legislative bodies to glean support for the lifting of the embargo enforced against Iraq in 1990. The delegation comprises legislators from Jordan, Algeria, Morocco and Yemen.
Radi's mission comes in implementation of resolutions adopted by the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union meetings, mainly the APU council extraordinary session held in December 1998 in Amman.
A memorandum of the APU secretariat general deplores the negative effects of the sanctions, mainly the high infant mortality rate, propagation of diseases, malnutrition, medicine shortage and deterioration of health and education services. Contradictions between policies meant to starve people and human rights principles were also criticized by the memo.
