Written question asked by Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 March 2001. It was answered by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 March 2001 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the granting of financial aid to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia conditional upon its Government cooperating with The Hague concerning the tribunal case against Slobodan Milosevic. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the granting of financial aid to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia conditional upon its Government co-operating with The Hague concerning the tribunal case against Slobodan Milosevic. [154055] Mr. Vaz: No conditionality relating to the International Criminal Tribunal on the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was attached to the 200 million euro package of humanitarian and emergency assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) agreed by the EU in October 2000, nor to UK bilateral assistance programmes over the winter (amounting to over £13 million). Future assistance to the FRY will need to take full account where appropriate of the FRY's progress towards political and economic reform and its legal obligation to co-operate with the ICTY.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 365 c110-1W; 154055
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Development aid War crimes Yugoslavia EU aid International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Milošević, Slobodan
Contains statistics: Yes
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