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non-governmental organizations and any comments and material provided by the
Government of Iraq,
Recalling further the pertinent resolutions of the Commission on Human
Rights condemning the flagrant violations of human rights by the Government of
Iraq, including its most recent, resolution 1995/76 of 8 March 1995, 4/ by
which the Commission extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in Iraq for a further year and requested him to
submit an interim report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session and a
final report to the Commission at its fifty-second session,
Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 688 (1991) of 5 April 1991,
in which the Council demanded an end to the repression of the Iraqi civilian
population and insisted that Iraq cooperate with humanitarian organizations
and ensure that the human and political rights of all Iraqi citizens were
respected,
Recalling Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991,
706 (1991) of 15 August 1991, 712 (1991) of 19 September 1991 and 778 (1992)
of 2 October 1992,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995,
by which the Council authorized States to permit imports of Iraqi oil up to
the amount of one billion United States dollars every ninety days, on a
renewable basis, to be used to purchase essential food and medical supplies
for humanitarian purposes,
Deeply concerned by the persisting massive and grave violations of human
rights by the Government of Iraq, regarding which there are no signs of
improvement, such as summary and arbitrary executions, the enactment and
implementation of decrees prescribing cruel and inhuman punishments, torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, arbitrary arrests and
detentions, lack of due process, non-respect for the rule of law and the
suppression of freedom of thought, expression and association, as well as the
persistence of specific discrimination within the country as regards access to
food and health care, which amounts to a violation of the economic and social
rights of Iraqis,
Deeply disturbed by the observation by the Special Rapporteur that Iraqi
armed forces have continued their attacks on the farming communities
throughout the region adjoining northern Iraq and in the south of the country,
resulting in the destruction of their crops and livestock,
Deeply disturbed also by reports about the climate of oppression and the
dire economic and social situation in the south of Iraq,
Noting the responsibility of the Iraqi authorities with regard to
persons missing and detained as a result of the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait,
and also noting that Iraq has recently renewed its participation in the
Tripartite Commission established pursuant to the cease-fire agreement of
1991,
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995,
Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
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