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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which areas of Kosovo remain polluted or contaminated as a result of the NATO military action in 1999; what plans there are to remove and remediate this contamination; what resources have been set aside to carry out this clean-up;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which areas of Kosovo remain polluted or contaminated as a result of the NATO military action in 1999; what plans there are to remove and remediate this contamination; what resources have been set aside to carry out this clean-up;...
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 December 2004
For answer on
10 January 2005
Answered on
10 January 2005
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which areas of Kosovo remain polluted or contaminated
as a result of the NATO military action in 1999; what plans there are to remove and remediate this contamination; what resources
have been set aside to carry out this clean- up; and if he will make a statement on the future of Kosovo. [205900]
Mr. MacShane: Data on residual mines and other unexploded ordnance in Kosovo is supplied to us by the United Nations interim
administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). At present there are 37 individual dangerous areas left to clear. These areas are mostly
in the Dulje Pass close to the Prizren area or along the border with Albania. However, more contaminated areas are likely to be
discovered as the population returns to areas which have not been occupied since the conflict.
Following NATO intervention in Kosovo to avert an immediate and overwhelming humanitarian disaster, the UK was the first country to
have de-miners on the ground in Kosovo. The UK Government have spent over £10 million on de-mining activities in the Balkans,
over £5 million of which was spent in 1999-2000 on de- mining in Kosovo. Their de-mining activities have included clearance
of unexploded munitions such as cluster bomb submunitions but also cover residual mines and other unexploded ordnance laid (both in
set minefields and scattered randomly) during the Serbian- Albanian conflict.
The UK Government provide funding to the HALO Trust which is one of the agencies involved in helping to clear the remaining mined
areas that have been identified. UK Government funding is also provided to a Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) capacity building project
with Handicap International through the Global Conflict Prevention Pool. UNMIK has an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) management
team whose role is one of coordination, planning and management of the ongoing clearance by all the parties involved: KFOR, KPC and
NGOs. The UNMIK EOD team is in effect the primary mine clearing authority.
There will be a formal review in mid 2005 of Kosovo's progress in meeting the standards laid down by the UN (Kosovo Standards
Implementation Plan (KSIP)). If Kosovo has made the necessary progress, then a process will begin to determine its final status in
accordance with UNSCR 1244 (1999). If progress is insufficient, then there will be another review at a later date.
Subjects
Ammunition; Contamination; Bomb disposal; Expenditure; Kosovo
Date
10 January 2005
Reference
205900; 429 c24-5W
House
House of Commons