Results 1-12 of 12 for iraq speaker:Caroline Flint

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council (27 Feb 2009)

Caroline Flint: ...the Government of Sri Lanka to engage in an inclusive political process that would address the legitimate concerns of all communities, in order to find a lasting political solution to the conflict. Iraq Ministers adopted conclusions without discussion, which welcomed the provincial elections of 31 January as an important step towards democratisation and reconciliation, and reaffirmed the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council (17 Nov 2008)

Caroline Flint: ...and enters into a political process based upon dialogue with opposition groups; and recalling that the EU is prepared to reconsider its existing measures if there is no progress on these issues. Iraq The presidency said that the EU should enlarge its presence and intensify political contacts. The Commission highlighted existing work and said that the EU-Iraq trade and co-operation...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: EU Ministers (Informal Meeting) (12 Nov 2008)

Caroline Flint: ...involving the major emerging countries. They identified the situation in the Middle East as a priority for EU-US dialogue, in order to encourage progress on the middle east peace process (MEPP), Iraq, relations with Syria and Lebanon, and Iran, which remained a major source of concern. High Representative Solana underlined the importance of a comprehensive regional approach to the MEPP. My...

Points of Order: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights (13 Oct 2008) has video

Caroline Flint: ...a peaceful resolution in Sudan. Human rights work is not simply about exposing abuse. It is about changing mindsets, and so our work across the globe, whether in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe or Iraq, is targeted and pragmatic. The end point is not necessarily to humiliate a Government, but to get them to change and to reach a point where there are no longer 7,500 people on death row in...

Public Bill Committee: Health Bill: [Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] (13 Dec 2005)

Caroline Flint: I thank the hon. Gentleman for that contribution. As he may know, I have taken part in the armed forces parliamentary scheme, and I had a limited but very enlightening time in Iraq and in Canada with the Army. I believe that a relative of the hon. Gentleman was the commander, although I am not sure whether he is still there.

Anti-Semitic Incitement (15 Dec 2004)

Ms Caroline Flint: ...in Oslo on 8 December, attended by Palestinian and Israeli representatives, who all spoke of encouraging political signs and an emerging opportunity. We also hope to have democratic elections in Iraq before too long, which will allow that country, after years of dictatorship, to have a democracy. That is very important. At home, we are developing within the Home Office, in discussion with...

Sessional Orders and Resolutions (3 Nov 2004)

Ms Caroline Flint: ...suggested that that right does not exist in this country. The right does exist in this country, and it does so to a much greater extent than in many other countries throughout the world, including Iraq under Saddam Hussein, whom Mr. Haw advocated that we should do nothing about. The matter is important, and as the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) said, we must examine the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Iraq (27 Oct 2003)

Ms Caroline Flint: A pool of 200 volunteers from the police service of England and Wales has been created to assist in the reform of the Iraqi Police Service. The pool is intended to sustain the deployment of up to 100 police officers at any one time. I have agreed to a request from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Jack Straw) to the deployment of 75 of those...

Written Answers — Home Department: Assets Recovery Agency (8 Jul 2003)

Ms Caroline Flint: ...on 22 May, requires that all funds, financial assets or economic resources of Saddam Hussein, key members of his regime and their families, be frozen and transferred into the Development Fund for Iraq to be used for the benefit and welfare of the Iraqi people.

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Ms Caroline Flint: ...of progress the inspectors may think they have achieved since resolution 1441 was passed, their reports indicate that there are a lot of unanswered questions about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, that weapons are unaccounted for and that they are seeking to find chemical and biological agents. There is no doubt that there is cause for concern. Saddam Hussein's track record over the...

Iraq (3 Feb 2003)

Ms Caroline Flint: ...is absolutely right to draw attention to the 12 years for which Saddam Hussein has played cat and mouse with UN resolutions. During those 12 years, many hundreds of Kuwaitis have been lost inside Iraq. Saddam Hussein has given no comfort to their families on whether they are alive or dead today. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is absolutely essential that the UN stand by its...

Iraq (No-fly Zones) (26 Feb 2001)

Ms Caroline Flint: ...they are accountable when the Tornados return home. While I was in Kuwait, Uday, the son of Saddam Hussein, released a press statement to the media in the Arabic world, saying that all the maps in Iraq were being redrawn to include Kuwait within Iraqi borders. More than 600 prisoners of war, including women and children, were seized from Kuwait and taken into Iraq. Saddam Hussein has...