§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the background of Judge Sylvanus Karibi-Whyte who has been seconded from the United Nations Commission on war crimes in former Yugoslavia to chair the constitutional conference in Nigeria; what further steps his Department is taking to assist with the work of the conference; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 20 July 1994]: Justice Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1984. He was elected to the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal at the International Court of Human Rights in The Hague on 17 September 1993, and was appointed chairman of the national constitutional conference on 17 June 1994.
My hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (Mr. Lennox-Boyd) described our assistance to the conference in his reply of 5 July at columns 118–19. We would be prepared to consider any further requests for help.