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"Mr. President, it is the plight of the Iraqi people which is now my most immediate concern, and I have been glad to hear that sentiment shared by all the speakers in this debate. In the past twenty years, Iraqis have been through two major wars, internal uprisings and conflict, and more than a decade of debilitating sanctions. The country's vital infrastructure has been devastated, so that it no longer meets the most basic needs for clean water, health or education. Already, Iraq's most vulnerable citizens – the elderly, women and children, and the disabled – are denied basic health care for lack of medicine and medical equipment. Already, nearly one million Iraqi children suffer from chronic malnutrition. Already, Iraqis are heavily dependent on the food ration which is handed out each month to every family in the country. For more than sixty per cent of the population, this ration is their main source of income. Yet many families have to sell part of it to buy clothes or other essentials for their children. All that is true as we speak. And in the short term, the conflict that is now clearly about to start can only make things worse – perhaps much worse."

- Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary General, Addressing the U.N. Security Council on March 19, 2003

Now that the war against Iraq is well underway, many people question what the next step should be for the peace movement. Although continued protest is important, perhaps the best action we can now take is to assist the international relief agencies working to help the people of Iraq survive this war and its consequences.

One member of Corporate Lawyers Against War recently donated $1,000 to the International Rescue Committee, and urged the executive committee of his law firm to do the same. Although the firm declined to match the donation, one of the named partners agreed to do so, and also agreed to send an email to the entire firm asking others to make donations. Just think how much money could be raised if hundreds or thousands of corporate lawyers and other individuals did the same.

      Corporate Lawyers Against War challenges you to:

        (A) donate immediately to one of the many reputable agencies working to assist suffering Iraqi citizens,

        (B) request that your employer match your donation, in full or in part and

        (C) ask as many people as you can to do the same.

        Together we can and will make a difference!

Humanitarian Agencies Working to Aid the People of Iraq

CARE

Catholic Relief Services

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres

International Rescue Committee

Oxfam International

Save the Children