Written question asked by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 March 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 April 2007. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 16 April 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Iraq: Territorial Waters
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which other NATO countries are contributing to the patrolling of Iraqi waters in addition to British forces; and who has overall command.
- Answer
-
The patrolling of Iraqi territorial waters is not a NATO task. Under UNSCR 1723, the United States, as lead nation of the Multi-National Force—Iraq, has responsibility for the patrolling of Iraqi territorial waters. The UK, the only other member of NATO, and Australia provide support to this task.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 130869; 459 c160W
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Iraq Peacekeeping operations Territorial waters
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2013-11-26 01:17:32 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1224823
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1224823
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1224823