HL Deb 31 July 1998 vol 592 c309WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, in the case of economic sanctions, governments imposing them are required by international law or custom to consider any consequent collateral casualties. [HL3027]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The Security Council regularly provides for humanitarian exemptions when adopting a resolution imposing sanctions. The UK strongly supports this. Indeed the UK has taken the lead in drafting successive Oil for Food resolutions which provide for food, medicines and humanitarian supplies to reach the Iraqi people.