Written question asked by Lord Moynihan (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 July 1999. It was answered by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Labour) on Thursday, 29 July 1999.

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Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

Question

Whether they will refrain from accepting any outcome in the United Nations Security Council which would give Saddam Hussein control of Iraq's oil revenues, for as long as he is in defiance of the Security Council Resolutions; and Since the United States Administration has said it has "some problems with parts" of the Anglo-Dutch draft resolution on Iraq currently under consideration by the Security Council, whether agreement is being reached with the United States over the improvements which it would require to be made to the draft resolution; and Whether, in the absence of the required confirmation that Iraq has been disarmed and is being monitored, they will refrain from supporting any proposal during the discussions on a new United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq to implement the work of the three United Nations panels which would leap-frog previous Security Council resolutions and lift the sanctions on Iraq; and Whether, in light of the the fact that the report of the United Nations panel on disarmament concluded that Iraq has not fulfilled its obligations as set out in the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, they will give an assurance that the draft resolutions on Iraq seeks to secure a more, rather than less intrusive monitoring system for disarmament; and what consensus on this has been reached within the United Nations Security Council; and What is the progress of the expansion and streamlining of the oil-for-food programme. [HL 3764] [HL 3823] [HL 3766] [HL 3767] [HL 3768].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 3764; 604 c210WA

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Arms control Iraq Food Oil Weapons USA UN resolutions Sanctions UN Security Council