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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which of the sites listed in the Government's dossier on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction published on 24 September 2002 have been visited by inspectors from the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission; and whether anything of significance was found at such locations. [90179] Mr. Mike O'Brien: We understand from published information from UNMOVIC and the IAEA inspectors have visited all of the sites identified in the UK dossier. They have not reported uncovering any signs of weapons of mass destruction, or programmes for their production at the sites. Given that there had been considerable advance publicity about these sites, it is not entirely surprising that the inspectors failed to uncover any evidence of WMD programme at the sites. Compliance with the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 must be more than simply allowing access to UN weapons inspectors. There must be full co- operation with the inspectors and complete openness about activities at all sites visited, as the Resolution requires.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90179; 398 c354W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Chemical weapons Biological weapons Inspections Iraq International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear weapons Weapons UN Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission

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