§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in the investigation of the massacres in autumn 1998 at Gornje Obrinje and Vucitrn; what estimate has been made of the number of victims; and what steps have been taken to bring the perpetrators before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. [75137]
§ Mr. Tony LloydHMG have been informed by the Tribunal that its investigations into the massacres at Gornje Orbinje and Vucitrn are ongoing but are being seriously hampered by the lack of cooperation and access from the Yugoslav authorities. HMG continue actively to support the work of the ICTY, including financing an additional courtroom which has helped speed up trial procedures and contributing more than £1.2 million to the Tribunal's Exhumations 1998 Programme.