The social history of the Republic of Iraq

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The children and youth of the Republic of Iraq
Health and nutrition in the Republic of Iraq
Women and gender in the Republic of Iraq
The history of refugees in the Republic of Iraq

Report warns of alarming status in Iraq, Pt. 2: Baghdad Observer, 30 September 1996. Increased caseload. Agriculture: sunpest control activities, food and mouth disease control, supply of animal vaccines, and agricultural inputs for improved food production; Kerosene: winter fuel requirments in the North; Health and Nutrition: increasing numbers of vulnerable groups, mainly children, are dying of simple ailments because of malnutrition and acute shortages of medicines and medical care.
UN seeks $39.9m for emergency aid to Iraq: Baghdad Observer, 30 September 1996. The United Nations is appealing for $39.9 million to meet the most essential needs of the vulnerable population of Iraq for the next three months. Emergency requirements until the oil-for-food deal signed between Iraq and the UN, May 20, which allows for the sale of limited quantities of Iraqi petroleum for humanitarian purposes, is implemented.
New statistics on Iraqi deaths as a result of the sanctions: Arabic News, 30 December 1999. 1.4 million Iraqis of all ages have died during the past nine years because of the embargo imposed on Iraq. Mortality rate among infants reached 108 per each 1,000 births, and mortality among women of reproductive age has reached 296 for each 100,000 births.
Suffering under sanctions in Iraq: By Deirdre Sinnott, South News, 21 November 1997. That the sanctions against Iraq are a weapon of mass destruction is evident in Basra. Visits to two hospitals. Conditions horrifying. Health case system. Water and disease.
Under Iraqi Skies, a Canvas of Death: By Edward Cody, Washington Post, 16 June 2000. Missile attacks a recurring event in the Iraqi countryside, wounding and killing civilians. Civilian deaths and injuries are a regular part of the little-discussed U.S. and British air operation over Iraq. U.N. survey: civilian casualties routine. Speculation that it amounts to an Islamic genocide.
Notes to accompany Likely Humanitarian Scenarios: United Nations document, CASI, 4 January 2003. An explanatory note to accompany the UN document entitled Likely Humanitarian Scenarios. The document focuses on the likely outcomes for the infrastructure, the economy and Iraqi civilians, in the event of a range of anticipated military scenarios.