Denis Halliday
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Denis J. Halliday was the United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq from September 1, 1997 until 1998. A 34-year veteran of the UN, he resigned over the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq, characterizing them as "genocide".[1][2][3]
Halliday is Irish and holds an M.A. in Economics, Geography and Public Administration from Trinity College, Dublin. He served in the United Nations from 1964 until his resignation in 1998.[2]
In 2003 Dennis Halliday was presented with the Gandhi International Peace Award in recognition of his work drawing attending to the plight of Iraqis.
On October 25, 2007, Halliday, Harold Pinter and John Pilger had a letter printed in the Daily Telegraph in which they condemned the "celebration of [former British Prime Minister] David Lloyd George's legacy" (following the unveiling of a statue in Westminster in his honour) as "disgraceful", likening his policies of aerial bombardment of Middle Eastern countries to the present day war in Iraq.[4]
[edit] See also
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 986
- Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
- Sanctions against Iran
[edit] References
- ^ Former UN official says sanctions against Iraq amount to 'genocide', Cornell Chronicle, September 30, 1999.
- ^ a b Denis Halliday. Biographical information for Denis Halliday, December 199
- ^ Jennifer Byrne Dennis Halliday - UN Iraq sanctions, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcast in the Foreign Correspondent programme: 28 March 2000
- ^ "Bad Lloyd George" - Daily Telegraph letter co-signed by Halliday, Pinter and Pilger.
[edit] Further reading
- Andrew Apostolou. The U.N.'s Greatest Failure; Saddam's Iraq Evidently Passed Turtle Bay's Global Test National Review Online, October 8, 2004.
- Hadani Ditmars. Salon interview, March 2002
- Denis Halliday. Acceptance Speech at the Gandhi International Peace Award, January 30, 2003
- Denis Halliday & Hans Von Sponeck. Hostage Nation, November 29, 2001
- Amira Howeidy. Death for Oil - an Interview with Denis Halliday, July 19, 2000
- Rob Kennedy. Sanctioned genocide: Was 'the price' of disarming Iraq worth it?, DPA, 10 June 2003
- Richard Roth (a CNN Anchor). CNN interview, March 19, 2004
- Newsnight; BBC on the 25th October 2007.
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