HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c33W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise at the Security Council the current situation in the Iran-Iraq conflict; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Chalker

Following the Iranian acceptance of UNSC resolution 598, the UN Secretary-General has begun work with Iranian and Iraqi representatives aimed at the early and full implementation of the resolution, the first step of which is a ceasefire. The Secretary-General is dispatching a small technical team to discuss the modalities of implementing that ceasefire.

We, as a permanent member of the Security Council, have pledged our utmost support for the Secretary-General in his efforts to bring an end to the conflict.

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