§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement of the costs associated with the military support being provided to enable the return of the UN arms inspectors to Iraq to the UN; and what arrangements are being made to pay the military costs falling to UN member states that enabled the return of the inspectors. [103808]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienUnder UNSCR 1284 UNMOVIC operations are funded by a diversion of funds from the Oil-For-Food programme. Their operations are, therefore, effectively self-financing. Since the return of the UNMOVIC inspectors to Iraq, a number of countries have provided support to their activities. We do not know the costs associated which this assistance. There has been no UK military support for UNMOVIC at the moment.