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Doc. 8094 revised
11 May 1998
People who have disappeared during the Gulf War
Motion for a resolution
presented by Mr Gnaga and others
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it |
The Assembly,
Recalling that an international committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has existed since 1991, including Kuwaiti and Iraqi representatives, with specific responsibility for clarifying the fate of the people who disappeared during the Gulf War and of the prisoners-of-war, and that the same committee recently contributed to the exchange of almost 6,000 prisoners from the Iran-Iraq war;
Noting the fact that no more news has been received of the 620 individuals who “disappeared” and were certainly held in Iraq, as confirmed by the ICRC (89% of them Kuwaitis and 65% of them civilians);
Finally, underlining that, on the occasion of the Euro-Arab parliamentary dialogue which took place in Valletta in November 1997, emphatic confirmation was given of the request made to the Iraqi Government for it to co-operate fully on clarifying the fate of the Kuwaiti prisoners-of-war and of the individuals who disappeared during the Gulf War,
Urges all the parties concerned to co-operate so as fully to resolve this question, in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949;
Requests more active co-operation from the Iraqi authorities with a view to an immediate solution of the question concerning the prisoners or the civilians who “disappeared”;
Emphasises that the safeguarding of the civil and individual rights of all citizens, whether European or not, is fundamental to the democratic system and to the Council of Europe, not forgetting that these values are affirmed in both the Preamble and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Signed : 1
Gnaga, Italy, NR
Bianchi, Italy, EPP/CD
Evangelisti, Italy, SOC
Lauricella, Italy, SOC
Leoni, Italy, SOC
Lorenzi, Italy, NR
Martelli, Italy, EDG
Olivo, Italy, SOC
Polenta, Italy, EPP/CD
Volcic, Italy, SOC