§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contacts Government Ministers have maintained with the representatives of missing persons from Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and if the British Government will be providing specific assistance in order to determine the fate of the missing persons. [18826]
§ Mr. Tony LloydI met representatives of the "Women of Srebrenica" group of relatives of victims Srebrenica on 19 November. We are currently considering an appeal for donations to the 1998 exhumation project, launched on 26 November by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance the Government have provided to the international programme to identify and exhume mass grave sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to identify the bodies of missing persons. [18827]
§ Mr. Tony LloydWe are currently considering how to respond to an appeal of 26 November for donations to the International Criminal Tribunal's exhumation programme for 1998. The British contingent of SFOR provides a secure environment within which ICTY' s forensic teams operate.