Iraq (Hansard, 17 December 2002)

§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who made the decision that the United States should be(a) in charge of the translation and distribution of and (b) given permission to edit the Iraqi dossier to the United Nations of its weapons of mass destruction capacity. [87414]

§ Mr. MacShane
The President of the UN Security Council decided that the Iraqi Declaration should first be given to members of the Security Council with the expertise to assess the risks of proliferation: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. His decision followed consultations with all other members of the Security Council.
It is open to these five states to pass on any concerns they have about the risks of proliferation to UNMOVIC and the IAEA. But UNMOVIC and the IAEA alone will judge what material needs to be excised before it distributes the Declaration.
UNMOVIC will distribute the version of the Declaration that will be given to all members of Security Council. And UNMOVIC, not the United States, is in charge of translation of the Declaration.

§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries will receive an unedited version of the Iraqi dossier of its weapons of mass destruction. [87415]

§ Mr. MacShane
As states with the expertise to assess the risks of proliferation, China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States have received unedited versions of the Iraqi Declaration. UNMOVIC and the IAEA will decide 763W what, if any, parts of the Declaration need to be excised before it distributes the report to all members of the UN Security Council.

§ Paul Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the names of the United Kingdom-based and registered companies named as suppliers of equipment to Iraqi military industries, as listed in the Iraqi submission made to the United Nations Security Council on its military programmes; and if he will list the number of companies listed as suppliers to Iraq, broken down by country. [87497]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
[holding answer 16 December 2002]: The task of analysing the Iraqi declaration is continuing. It would be premature to make any substantive comment on its contents at this stage.

§ Llew Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason the nonpermanent member states on the United Nations Security Council have not been provided with the full text of the Iraqi declaration on its programme of military equipment and infrastructure submitted pursuant to UNSC resolution 1441. [87582]

§ Mr. MacShane
The President of the UN Security Council decided that the Iraqi Declaration should first be given to members of the Security Council with the expertise to assess the risks of proliferation: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. His decision followed consultations with all other members of the Security Council.
UNMOVIC and the IAEA will judge what material needs to be excised before it distributes the declaration to all Security Council members.