HC Deb 08 May 2000 vol 349 cc295-6W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 12 April 2000,Official Report, column 200W, on the use by NATO of depleted uranium against Yugoslavia, what steps he will recommend that NATO takes to monitor (a) Serbian civilians, (b) ethnic Albanian civilians, (c) the environment of Western Kosovo and (d) the environment of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the effects of the use of depleted uranium. [119503]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 3 May 2000]: As my earlier answer noted, NATO is co-operating with the United Nations in the on-going work of the UN Environment Programme into the environmental consequences of the Kosovo conflict. The United Kingdom has contributed over £50,000 to this work. We will study carefully the conclusions reached by the UNEP Balkans Task Force.

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