Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq is a 2000 Carlton Television documentary written and presented by John Pilger which was directed by Alan Lowery. In this documentary Pilger argues that UN sanctions had a devastating effect on the children of Iraq during the 1990s. Synopsis John Pilger and Alan Lowery traveled to Iraq with Denis Halliday, a former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations who resigned over what he called the "immoral policy" of economic sanctions. There they expected to find a suffering nation held hostage to the compliance of a dictator, Saddam Hussein. What they found was a country being slowly strangled by a draconian U.S./U.K. blockade. Interviewees Dennis Halliday – Former Asst. Secretary General, United Nations Robert Gates – CIA Director 1991-93 Hans von Sponeck – Chief UN co-ordinator, Iraq Ambassador Peter van Walsum – Chairman, UN Sanctions Committee Professor Karol Sikora – Former Chief of Cancer Programme, World Health Organization James Rubin – US State Department spokesman Scott Ritter – UN Weapons Inspector 1991-1998 Said Aburish – Author, Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge Mohammed Amin Ezzet – Conductor, Iraqi National Orchestra Anupama Rao Singh – UNICEF Representative, Iraq Professor Doug Rokke – Former US Army health physicist Dr. Jinan Ghalib Hassen – Paediatrician Dr. Jawad Al-Ali – Cancer specialist Laith Kubba – Iraqi opposition exile Felicity Arbuthnot – Journalist Hussain Jarsis – Shepherd Awards and festival screenings Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival Vancouver International Film Festival References External links 2000 television specials British television documentaries Documentary films about Iraq Documentary films presented by John Pilger 2000 films 2000s English-language films 2000s British films