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Serbia

Volume 228: debated on Monday 12 July 1993

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To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he has had during the past two weeks with Lord Owen on the issue of the selective lifting of sanctions against Serbia; and if he will make a statement.

I have had no such discussions with Lord Owen during the past two weeks. At the Group of Seven economic summit in Tokyo on 7–9 July, 1 and other Heads of Government reaffirmed that sanctions will be upheld against Serbia and Montenegro until the conditions in the relevant Security Council resolutions on the former Yugoslavia are met.

DestinationPurpose of visitDates
ItalyNATO Summit Meeting6–8 November 1991
GermanyBilateral10 November 1991
ItalyBilateral27 November 1991
GermanyBilateral27 November 1991
NetherlandsBilateral1 December 1991
Republic of IrelandBilateral4 December 1991
NetherlandsEuropean Council8–10 December 1991
USAUnited Nations Security Council Meeting30–31 January 1992
PolandBilateral25–26 May 1992
CzechoslovakiaBilateral26–28 May 1992
HungaryBilateral28–29 May 1992
GermanyBilateral5 June 1992
USABilateral6–9 June 1992
ColombiaBilateral9–10 June 1992
BrazilUnited Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)10–12 June 1992
PortugalEuropean Council25–27 June 1992
GermanyG7 Economic Summit6–8 July 1992

There are 11 Districts in Northern Ireland for social security purposes. The number of people disallowed Unemployment Benefit for each of the last twelve months in the Districts is set out in the table attached.

I hope you find this information helpful. A copy of this reply will appear in the Official Report and copies will be placed in the Library.