§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 27 July 1999,Official Report, column 375, concerning KFOR investigations and Hashim Thaci, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Halifax. [96022]
§ Mr. VazA letter in answer to my hon. Friend's original question was sent on 26 October and placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
UN Security Council Resolution 1,244, which established the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the NATO-led Kosovo force (KFOR), gives UNMIK responsibility for maintaining civil law and order in Kosovo. This includes investigations into alleged crimes, 185W including inquiries into crimes alleged to have taken place in Kosovo before UNMIK and KFOR' s deployment in June 1999.
Questions about specific allegations are therefore for the UNMIK authorities. Anyone seeking to obtain or provide information about alleged crimes should contact UNMIK directly. In the case of possible war crimes, decisions would be made in consultation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).