§ Mr. ColmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the use of the procedures contained in the Additional Protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has formed part of the current UN negotiations for the reintroduction of UNSCOM into Iraq. [96421]
§ Mr. HainThe Additional Protocol does not form part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). It is an extension to the safeguards agreement negotiated between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and NPT member states. Iraq has not agreed an Additional Protocol with the IAEA, hence this subject has no direct bearing on current discussion in the UN on re-establishing IAEA and UNSCOM operations in Iraq under UN Security Council resolution 687.