Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 19:43:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Kathy Kelly <•••@••.•••>
Subject: Declaration - VITW - Urgent
DECLARATIONS, 1998/99
In January of 1996, the Voices in the Wilderness campaign sought commitments
from supporters which included signing a letter of intent to violate the
sanctions and help send medical relief supplies to children and families in
Iraq. In light of recently proposed penalties amounting to $163,000 which
the Office of Foreign Assets Control may impose on members of this campaign,
we submit the following options as new or renewed commitments. Any forms
returned to us before December 27, 1999 will be delivered to the Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Assets Control when we gather in Washington DC
in late December, 1998.
Please be aware that by signing this form and filling in any other
information, you may face future consequences for your involvement in this
effort to publicly violate the sanctions. The Treasury Department has
notified us that we have 30 days in which to respond to a pre-penalty notice
which arrived on December 3, 1998. Your commitment sheets will be part of
our response, along with our explanation of what we did and our invitation
to OFAC and Treasury Department members to join our continued efforts to
bring medicine and toys to children and families in Iraq.
While we acknowledge that we have violated the embargo regulations and will
continue to do so, we believe that the proposed monetary penalties should not be
assessed against us because the small amount of money in our accounts is badly
needed to buy medicines for children in Iraq. Citizens of the United States
have given us this money in trust to buy medical supplies for these children, to
cover the costs of bringing the relief to Iraq, and to campaign for an end
to the embargo.
DECLARATIONS 1998/99 page 2
1. ( ) I am a member of a Voices in the Wilderness delegation that
brought medicines to children and
families in Iraq.
Name: _____________________________ Date of travel:
__________________________
2. ( ) I am a member of a group other than Voices in the Wilderness;
with that group I traveled to
Iraq after the UN/US sanctions were imposed.
Name: _____________________________ Date of travel:
____________________________
(You may wish to list the group with which you traveled., but we
suggest that you first contact
that group for their advice about completing this form.)
____________________________________________________
3. ( ) I support the Voices in the Wilderness campaign
and I intentionally violated the UN/US sanctions against Iraq by:
(please describe your contribution or action)
Name: ___________________________________
Action: __________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. ( ) I support the Voices in the Wilderness campaign and I plan to
violate the UN/US sanctions against Iraq by:
(please describe the contribution or action you intend to take)
Name: ____________________________________
Action:_________________________________
5. ( ) I consider myself a member of the Voices in the Wilderness
campaign.
Name: _____________________________________
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Should you wish to include your contact information, please do:
Name: _____________________________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________
State: ___________ Zip _______________ Tel:
_________________Fax:__________________
E-mail: ______________________________
Voices in the Wilderness
A Campaign to End the US/UN Economic Sanctions Against the People of Iraq
1460 West Carmen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
ph:773-784-8065; fax: 773-784-8837
email: •••@••.•••
website: http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw
