HC Deb 22 June 1995 vol 262 cc324-5W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to resist the intervention of the European Union directly or indirectly in the military situation in the former Yugoslavia. [29946]

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The EU has no military role in the former Yugoslavia. Forces from EU member states are there under UN and not EU mandates.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence he has to what proportion of atrocities in former Yugoslavia have been committed by each party. [29947]

Mr. Hogg

It is generally regarded, by the UN and other humanitarian organisations, that the Serbs have committed most of the atrocities. However, all parties have been responsible for acts of this kind. We condemn all human rights abuses and atrocities committed in the course of the conflict.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to what extent his policy in the former Yugoslavia has been influenced by religious considerations. [29951]

Mr. Hogg

Not at all.