Written question asked by Win Griffiths (Labour) on Friday, 14 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 21 March 2003. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Friday, 21 March 2003 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To 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. - Includes no figures.

Answer: Mr. Win Griffiths: To 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'Brien: Under 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.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 103808; 401 c983W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Costs Inspections Iraq Weapons UN resolutions UN Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission
Contains statistics: Yes
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