HL Deb 05 December 1994 vol 559 cc65-6WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether to their knowledge, before the US unilateral defection from the UN embargo, the United States has been advising and/or training Bosnian Croat and Bosnian Muslim military.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The United States Government have categorically assured us that they have not supplied military assistance or training to the Bosnian Government. They have also reiterated that they will continue to comply with the arms embargo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 713.

Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have any evidence of the embargo on the passing of weapons to the parties fighting in Bosnia having been breached before the United States unilateral defection from the United Nations embargo, through Croatia or by unidentified air drops, and if so have these weapons been provided, or with the connivance or the approval of, elements of the United States Administration.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

We are aware that there have been breaches of the United Nations arms embargo in the former Yugoslavia. The United Kingdom attaches importance to such breaches being reported to the United Nations Sanctions Committee. The United States Government have categorically assured us that they have not supplied arms to the Bosnian Government.