Deryk's Trip to Iraq in 1999

If you haven't read the statement on my main webpage, explaining how I feel about the tragedy of September 11, 2001, please take the time to have a look.

Photographs from Deryk's trip
Artwork inspired by Deryk's trip

I visited Iraq in early April, 1999 as part of a humanitarian delegation.

During this trip I confirmed that children are still dying at a rate of two hundred a day. The hospitals are not able to get the supplies they need and according to Unicef and other agencies, the oil for food program has merely maintained a level of chronic malnutrition. The Canadian government; Jean Chretien and Lloyd Axworthy, among others, have supported this nightmare for the Iraqi children. The text on the right panel reads, "The incompatibility with the spirit and the letter of the charter constitutes a tragedy for the UN, and severely threatens to undermine the UN's credibility and legitamacy as a benign force for peace and human well-being throughout the world."

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