RESOLUTION B3-1256/92

Resolution on the situation in Iraq

The European Parliament,

A.endorsing the UN resolution concerning Iraq,

B.concerned at the allegations of attacks by Saddam Hussein on the Kurds in the north and the Shiites in the south of Iraq,

C.condemning the excessively harsh sentences of 10 years' and 7 years' imprisonment passed on Mr M. Wainwright and Mr P. Ride respectively for illegally entering Iraq,

1.Calls on President Saddam Hussein not to use these two EC citizens as pawns in an international dispute and to release them immediately;

2.Urges the Council to hold an urgent meeting with the Iraqi Ambassador to the EC to put the views of the European Parliament;

3.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, EPC and the Government and Parliament of Iraq.