§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the response of the Government to the Red Cross appeal for intervention to end the Iran-Iraq war.
§ Mr. LuceThe most recent appeal by the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Iran-Iraq conflict in November 1984 concentrated on securing the help of the international community in persuading Iran to respect the Geneva conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war. In response, the representative of the Presidency in Tehran made in demarché to the Iranian Government on behalf of the Ten, expressing concern at the inability of the ICRC to fulfil its obligations in Iran.
We gave full support to the recent investigation by a United Nations team into the treatment of prisoners of war by Iran and Iraq.