HC Deb 11 July 1997 vol 297 cc625-6W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received regarding the search by an inspection team of the UN Special Commission of the St. Paul's Chaldean Church in Baghdad on 18 June. [7161]

Mr. Fatchett

On 18 June an official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) briefly visited two convents and a church which were in an area designated for inspection by a joint team of the UN Special Commission and the IAEA. Under Security Council Resolutions, the Special Commission has the right to designate for inspection any site in Iraq. I am arranging to place in the libraries of the House, copies of a letter from the IAEA to the President of the UN Security Council describing this incident in detail.

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