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Hans Von Sponeck

Former U.N. assistant secretary-general and U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, who in 2000 resigned his post in protest of the U.S.-led sanctions regime. He is the author of A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq. He is currently teaching at the University of Marburg.

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Former U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Hans Von Sponeck Talks to U.S. from Baghdad About a New Report on the Health Effects of War

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