Observer Mission in Georgia: Helicopter Incident

HL Deb 24 September 2002 vol 638 c192WA

Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the United Nations has completed its investigation into the shooting down of a helicopter of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on 8 October 2001; and, if so, whether the Government will place a copy of the report in the Library of the House. [HL5617]

Lord Bach

The board of inquiry established by the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia following the shooting down of the helicopter in October 2001, has not yet completed its report. We expect the report to be completed and passed to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Georgia in early autumn. It is likely that, as a minimum, copies of the final report will be passed to those countries whose nationals were killed in the incident (Germany, Hungary, Pakistan, Russia and Switzerland).