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News Archive
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COMMONS DEBATE ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
FCO Minister of State, Brian Wilson, closed a debate on the Foreign Affairs Committee's Eighth Report on Weapons of Mass Destruction in the House of Commons on 15 March. 'In producing the report, the Committee has focused attention on one of the key security challenges facing the international community today,' the Minister said. On regional issues, he expanded on Iraq - 'a symbol of the proliferation threat' - and on Iran, the Indian sub-continent, and North Korea. He went on to express 'significant and growing' concern about missile proliferation, and set out the Government's position on the new US Administration's commitment to a missile defence system.
RE-ELECTION OF BRITISH JUDGE TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
John Battle, FCO Minister of State, has said he is 'delighted' by the
re-election of Richard May as a Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Mr Battle said, 'Richard May's successful candidacy reflects his continuing personal commitment, as well as that of the British Government, to the Tribunal and its important work'.
UGANDA ELECTIONS: STATEMENT BY POST REFERENDUM SUPPORT GROUP
The Post Referendum Support Group (PRSG) has issued a statement on the elections in Uganda on 15 March.
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES 47TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MARSHALL AID COMMEMORATION COMMISSION
The Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, has presented to Parliament the forty-seventh annual report of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission for the year ending 30 September 2000. The Commission allows students, who are the potential leaders, opinion-formers and decision-makers in their own country, to gain an understanding and appreciation of British values and the British way of life. It also establishes long-lasting ties between the peoples of Britain and the United States.
MINISTERIAL ENGAGEMENTS
In addition to their regular official and parliamentary business, FCO Ministers have the following public engagements...
TRAVEL ADVICE NOTICES
The following countries have updated travel advice notices.
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