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Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Fiji (20 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: The Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) has acted as guarantor to loans made by a German bank to the government-owned aviation company Air Pacific. This was to enable Air Pacific to purchase a Rolls-Royce engine. We are not aware of any other UK investment in public transport in Fiji.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Non-departmental Public Bodies (20 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: As at 1 January 2013, the members/Commissioners of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (MACC) were as follows: Dr John Hughes (Chair); Dr Ruth Kosmin (Deputy Chair); Michael Birshan; Professor Bob Deacon; Timothy Hornsby; Carol Madison Graham; Simon Morris; Professor Eric Thomas and Professor Nigel Thrift. Commissioners are appointed for three year terms: all positions are unpaid. As...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Taiwan (20 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: Our position on Taiwan remains unchanged. Her Majesty's Government actively promotes and facilitates the strong and flourishing UK-Taiwan relationship which is based on trade, investment, cultural, educational and other links.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Colombia (16 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: We have received many reports of threats and violent attacks against members of the Patriotic March movement. Officials at the British embassy in Bogota have raised several of these cases with the Colombian Government, including threats against Carlos Lozano and the disappearance of Hernán Henry Díaz. The British ambassador to Colombia met with leaders of the March in Bogota this year.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Fiji (16 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: We regularly raise our concerns about the human rights situation in Fiji with the Fijian authorities, including Ministers, the civil service, Police Commissioners and election bodies. In view of the seriousness of the human rights situation, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has included Fiji as a 'country of concern' in its Annual Report on Human Rights for both 2011 and 2012. Further, in...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (15 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: We are extremely concerned about the recent violence directed at Muslim communities that has affected parts of Burma, and about reports showing a rise in anti-Muslim and anti-Christian propaganda in the country. We are actively monitoring these issues. On 21 March, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (15 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: The Senior Minister of State, my noble Friend the right hon. Baroness Warsi, on 15 April, and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), on 16 April, raised the issue of anti-Muslim violence with a delegation of senior Burmese Ministers on their visit to London, calling for accountability of those...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (15 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: We regularly raise specific allegations of human rights abuses with the Burmese Government at the most senior levels. We are clear that all those who are guilty of instigating, inciting or carrying out violence in Burma need to be held accountable for their crimes. This should be done through a clear and transparent investigative and prosecutorial process. During a meeting on 15 April, the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Entry Clearances: Charities (15 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: North Korea (14 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: The resolution mandating the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on human rights abuses in North Korea includes a provision requesting the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur and the COI with adequate staffing, mechanisms and the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The COI will be funded through the UN regular budget, to which the UK...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: North Korea: China (14 May 2013)

Hugo Swire: Officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) raised the issue of refoulement and resettlement of refugees from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the most recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in January 2012. The issue was also raised in the 2012 FCO Human Rights report, published in April 2013, and at the March 2012 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.