§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What information they have about progress towards the complete exchange of prisoners of war between Iraq and Iran, since the cease-fire of August 1988
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held a meeting on 15th/16th April 1992 with delegations from Iraq and Iran to discuss the repatriation of the remaining prisoners of war (POWs). Both delegations reaffirmed the principles defined in the plan of action agreed in February 1992, emphasised that they considered themselves bound by the Geneva Conventions of 1949
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1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 £ £ £ Acord 1,110,074 1,508,600 1,898,378 Action Aid 1,235,250 1,356,128 1,508,340 Action on Disability and Development 134,326 142,142 192,919 Action Health 2000 — — 5,000 Action Water 10,000 — — Afghan Aid 1,700,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 Africa Now 9,960 28,601 41,245 African Medical and Research Foundation 201,179 400,281 174,690 Aga Khan Foundation 1,518,765 1,718,034 1,650,981 Ahrtag 141,863 231,503 335,391 Aid Armenia 12,261 — — Aid for India 35,960 — — Alternative for India Development 51,857 96,184 74,405 Al-Ul-Bayt (Islamic Centre) — — 170,000 Anti Slavery Society 34,361 88,650 — Appropriate Technology for Tibetans Trust — 17,822 3,007 Apt Design and Development — 24,626 91,375 Association of Commonwealth Universities 415,443 431,252 — and assured each other that they would resume the repatriation process, under the auspices of the ICRC, not later than 1st May 1992. We understand that Iran has now postponed the repatriation process indefinitely and that there remain some 20,000 Iraqi POWs in Iran and several hundred Iranian POWs in Iraq. We urge both sides to release and repatriate any remaining POWs without delay, as called for by SCR 598.