79 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps, if any, the Government has taken to ensure that war criminals, especially in the former Yugoslavia, are pro-actively pursued. [14612/97]

The Government believes that all persons indicted of war crimes by international criminal tribunals should appear before them to answer such charges.

In the case of former Yugoslavia, full co-operation with the Hague Tribunal by all parties to the peace agreements, in the effort to bring war criminals to justice, is a fundamental obligation which must be honoured if genuine stability and lasting peace are to be consolidated.