Written question asked by Tony Benn (Labour) on Monday, 22 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 January 2001. It was answered by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Thursday, 25 January 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 action the United Kingdom Government has taken to implement the judgement of the International Court of Justice in 1995 in regard to the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons.

Answer: Mr. Tony Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the United Kingdom Government have taken to implement the judgment of the International Court of Justice in 1995 in regard to the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. [147188] Mr. Vaz: None. We do not believe that the 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice imposed any new disarmament obligations on the United Kingdom or that it required either a change in our entirely defensive nuclear deterrence policy or in the NATO doctrine of collective self defence.

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