Written question asked by Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 23 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 April 2004. It was answered by Jack Straw (Labour) on Thursday, 29 April 2004 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 on the proposed appointment of voting Iraqi members to the Board of the International Advisory Monitoring Board.

Answer: Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the proposed appointment of voting Iraqi members to the Board of the International Advisory Monitoring Board. [169159] Mr. Straw: We are not aware of voting Iraqi members being appointed to the Board of the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The IAMB comprises voting members from the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development and the World Bank. The IAMB, after consulting with the Coalition Provisional Authority administrator, may appoint up to five observers to IAMB meetings, including Iraqi nationals nominated by the Governing Council of Iraq. The IAMB in its press statement of 24 April 2004 welcomed Iraqi Governing Council observer Professor Mahdi Hadi Al-Kafari, and Mr Ihsan Ghanim representing the Iraqi Board of Supreme Audit, to the IAMB. Other Iraqi observers have been invited to IAMB meetings in the past. IAMB observers are not members of the IAMB and have no voting rights.

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