HC Deb 18 February 1994 vol 237 c1035W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 15 February,Official Report, columns 708–10, if he will make it his policy that air strikes against the Bosnian Serbs will be delayed until the special representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Yasushi Akashi, has reported on the findings of the investigative team on the massacre at Sarajevo market on 5 February; and what effect the findings of the team will have on his policy in respect of air strikes.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The United Nations team investigating the mortar attack on Sarajevo en 5 February has now published its report. It concludes that there is insufficient evidence to attribute the attack to either party. The decisions of the North Atlantic Council are designed not to punish, but to secure an end to the bombardment and siege of Sarajevo.

Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from the Greek Government with regard to the NATO ultimatum concerned with the demilitarisation of Sarajevo and the possibility of air strikes.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

No representations have been received from the Greek Government since their dissociation from the 9 February NATO decision.