As far as the sanctions issue is concerned, Mr Gomolka, both the things you referred to are in fact the case. It is to do with the indiscriminate nature of the sanctions and, of course, their misuse by Saddam Hussein, who very deliberately uses part of the resources that he receives for himself and for his ruling elite rather than for the people, the result being that the people have to suffer even greater starvation. We must nevertheless get back to sanctions involving those components that are really necessary, so as to bring the regime to its knees, and the unnecessary sanctions, those that tend to affect the people and harm them, must be lifted.
En ce qui concerne les sanctions, Monsieur Gomolka, il y a en réalité deux choses : la nature des sanctions, qui est indifférenciée, et bien sûr l’utilisation abusive des sanctions par Saddam Hussein, qui utilise, de manière très ciblée, pour lui-même et sa nomenklatura, et non pour la population, les fonds qu’il reçoit, ce qui a pour conséquence que la population subit encore plus de privations. Nous devons toutefois ramener les sanctions aux éléments véritablement nécessaires pour faire plier le régime, et les sanctions inutiles, qui touchent davantage la population et lui nuisent, doivent être levées.
