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The new Ad Hoc Committee on Depleted Uranium (AHCDU) held its second meeting on 23 January at NATO HQ, with a further increase in the number of participants. Invited were almost fifty NATO and non-NATO contributing countries to SFOR and KFOR, as well as the Balkan nations, including the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Also invited were a variety of international organisations including the World Health Organisation, the UN Environmental Programme, the OSCE, the EU and the OHR.
Participants exchanged information on existing research and preliminary results from teams carrying out a variety of studies, for instance screening soldiers, and checking levels of radioactivity in different test sites across the Balkans. So far, there has been no results indicating any links between ill health and Depleted Uranium use in the Balkans. Participants were also briefed on SFOR, KFOR and SHAPE actions, and new information regarding the handling of depleted uranium.
The aim of the Ad Hoc Committee is to provide a 'clearing house' for information on Depleted Uranium, and demonstrates NATO's determination to show maximum transparency on an issue which has raised concern. Many of those involved have committed themselves to sharing existing information and the results of new research, and which can then be distributed as quickly and widely as possible.
That means the Ad Hoc Committee has a particularly valuable role and it will continue to meet, currently on a weekly basis, for as long as it is necessary.