Intl Association of Democratic Lawyers backs Vietnamese AO victims

Vietnamese Agent Orange victims

More than 300 lawyers from 43 countries worldwide, who attended the 16^th congress of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) being held in Paris (France), approved a resolution on legal measures to continue supporting Vietnamese Agent Orange /dioxin victims. During 5 days, they discussed together about the international hot problems such as antiterror war, globalization, human and economic rights, politics and societies of nationalities over the world, environment and health care etc. Speaking at the Congress, representative lawyer of the Viet Nam Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims’ Association provided the consequences of Agent Orange that US army strewed as well as the lawsuit against the 37 American chemical companies which produced and supplied the toxic chemical for the US army to spray during the war in Vietnam . The congress was ended in the afternoon of June 11, 05 .

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