Iraq (Hansard, 20 January 2003)

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§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department will provide towards the UN appeal for basic readiness funding, in light of the possible war and subsequent humanitarian situation in Iraq. [90411]

§ Clare Short
My Department is not making funding available at this stage.

§ Mr. Wareing
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if the UN has published a strategy for preparing for the humanitarian effects of hostilities against Iraq; and if she will make a statement. [91347]
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§ Clare Short
The United Nations is undertaking inter-agency humanitarian preparedness and response planning for a variety of humanitarian contingencies in Iraq and neighbouring countries.