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Following Pellett's presentation, Fawzi elaborated on the mission's findings. She noted widespread cases of marasmus (severe malnutrition) and kwashiorkor (edema and swelling of the body) throughout the country...
...Pellett, who visited Iraq last year as part of a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) mission, outlined the deleterious effects of sanctions upon the nation's youth...
...Pellett listed those hardest hit by the sanctions, namely the rural poor, and noted that the sanctions have had little, if any, injurious effect upon the military leadership and power elite...
...Pellett said while the sanctions are intended to "change a country's behavior by inflicting or threatening to inflict pain," they have only succeeded in reducing food production and leading to poor hygiene among children...
...same time, however, Pellett said he recognizes that if the U.N. ended the sanctions on Iraq, it would be a "loss of face" for the organization...