James A. Andrews
Iraq, the WHO, and GHWB
Sun Sep 22 16:47:14 2002
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Iraq, the WHO, and GHWB
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 17:35:35 +0300
From: "James A. Andrews" - james44a@hotmail.com
To: apfn@apfn.org



IRAQ, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH


Today, everyone talks about "weapons inspections" along with "weapons of
mass destruction", and usually with regard to Iraq. Also, as usual, the
organized media always presents its "discussion" on this in terms of how,
exactly, is this to be done? How about a discussion on why this is
something that was never done before to any other country, and so, how did
all of this begin?

One introductory way to consider this question would be to review the UN
Security Council Resolution 687 of 3 April 1991. This resolution consists
of 34 paragraphs altogether, and they are preceded, as always, with a number
of "whereases" and "recallings", etc. Some interesting points in this
resolution would be as follows:

1. There is mention of an exchange of letters between the Prime Minister
of Iraq and the Ruler of Kuwait, which took place during July and August,
1932. What happened was that the Prime Minister of Iraq "recognized" the
border of Kuwait, and the Ruler of Kuwait "accepted" this. What this means
is that according to the Mesopotamian Mandate, there was no Kuwait, but,
since Great Britain was about to give up Iraq, they wanted to hold on to
what they called Kuwait.

2. In sub-paragraph 9(b), there is mention of how the UN
Secretary-General will be establishing a "Special Commission" in order to
"inspect" Iraq; and moreover, this will be done in consultation with, yes,
the World Health Organization.

3. During 1991, George Herbert Walker Bush was President of the United
States. In paragraph 34 of this resolution, the first sentence starts out
with "The Security Council ... decides to remain seized of this matter ...
". Does this mean that George Herbert Walker Bush sometimes has seizures?

4. In the "whereases" section, there is mention of Geneva Protocols on
what are now described as "Weapons of Mass Destruction", such Geneva
undertakings dated as 17 June 1925 and 10 April 1972. It is stated that
Iraq later subscribed (apparently by signature) to the 1925 version, but not
the 1972 version. Iraq did this in Paris on or about 11 January 1989. Nine
days later, Ronald Reagan finished his second term in office, and George
Herbert Walker Bush became President of the United States.