The branch representatives’ meeting carried without dissent a motion that the Council should support and develop links with the Syndicate of Iraqi Pharmacists and schools of pharmacy in Iraq either directly or via international pharmacy bodies.

Iraq after three wars, years of sanctions and continuing disruption to civil life in Iraq, including the targeting of academics, Iraq’s pharmacy schools are short of books and other teaching materials. Also, as a result of sanctions, Iraq’s pharmaceutical society, the Iraqi Syndicate of Pharmacists, has been unable to participate fully in the international arena.

The motion sought to send a message of friendship and solidarity to Iraqi pharmacists, How this was done he would leave to the Council. He welcomed the help that the Society was already providing but said that the value of an expression of solidarity and friendship to fellow pharmacists should not be underestimated.