Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 July 1996. It was answered by Baroness Chalker of Wallasey (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 July 1996.

Chalker of Wallasey, RtHonBaroness

Question: Whether, following the attack on the village of Kilken in northern Iraq at 05.00 on 16 June by armed forces of Massoud Barzani's Kurdish Democratic party, they will propose to the United Nations Security-General that an investigation be conducted by the Special Rapporteur on Iraq, Mr Max van der Stoel, or by the UN Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, M Bacre Waly Ndiaye; and that those responsible for this atrocity be charged with murder before an appropriate court.

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