Article: Situation of prisoners of war in Iran, Iraq investigated by mission. (United Nations)

The three-member United Nations mission inquiring into the situation of prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian detainees in the Iran-Iraq conflict has visited the two countries to conduct its on-the-spot investigation and is preparing its report in Vienna for submission to Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar.

The mission visited Iraq from 11 to 17 January. Originally, it was scheduled to visit the two countries in November, but the visit did not take place because agreement could not be reached on the itinerary and modalities of its work.

The members of the mission were Professor Wolfram Karl (Austria), Professor Torkel Opsahl (Norway) and ...

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