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March 5, 2009

UN General Assembly President Calls for Iraq Human Rights Probe
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UN General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann is calling for
an independent probe into human rights violations as a result of the US
invasion of Iraq. On Tuesday, D’Escoto appeared before the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva.

UN General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann: “Independent
experts estimate that over one million Iraqis have lost their lives as a
direct result of the illegal invasion of their country. The various UN
human rights monitors have prepared report after report documenting the
unending litany of violations from crimes of war, rights of children and
women, social rights, collective punishment and treatment of prisoners
of war and illegal detention of civilians. This must be addressed to
bring an end to the scandalous present impunity.”



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