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Mali: White Phosphorus

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 49789, tabled on 8 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British military personnel in Mali have fired white phosphorus munitions.

Answered on

23 September 2022

British Personnel in Mali have never fired, used or stored white phosphorous.

The UK Government condemns the indiscriminate or disproportionate use of any weapon, including incendiary weapons or those that have an incendiary effect, in contravention of international humanitarian law.

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