§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 February,Official Report, column 484, by the Secretary of State for Defence, what further batches of information collated from interviews with refugees from Bosnia he has sent to the United Nations War Crimes Commission; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe submitted a fourth batch of evidence, collated by the MOD's defence debriefing team, to the United Nations Commission of Experts on 7 April. This batch consisted of 10 separate reports, some of which were on regions specifically requested by the Commission.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the United Nations War Crimes Commission has asked for assistance of a military nature or type in its investigations.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe are aware of one general request from the United Nations Commission of Experts for a military engineering unit to help investigate an alleged mass grave in Vukovar. The Netherlands subsequently provided such a unit.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration he has given to assisting the United Nations War Crimes Commission in the apprehension of individuals wanted by that body for questioning; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe United Nations Commission of Experts was established by Security Council resolution 780 to collate, analyse and investigate evidence of war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991. It is not mandated to apprehend individuals.