Media Access To Iraq

EDM number 759 in 2002-03, proposed by Bob Spink on 24/02/2003.

That this House notes that the Kurdish authorities are doing all they can to facilitate media access to Iraqi Kurdistan; notes however that around 150 foreign journalists are currently being prevented from entering the region by the Turkish authorities; and calls on the government to encourage Turkey to enable these journalists to enter Northern Iraq without undue restrictions in line with European standards.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.