Asked by: Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to consult UK human rights and development organisations working on Sudan on the compatibility of UK’s support for United Arab Emirates’ candidacy for the post of United Nations Secretary General with UK’s commitments to international law and international humanitarian law.
Answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government recognises the important role of civil society organisations and has engaged with them to hear their views on the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General. The UK is taking a merit-based approach to the selection of the next Secretary-General to find the candidate best equipped to lead the UN in tackling our shared global challenges. We will not be publicly commenting on our position on individual candidates.
Asked by: Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to complete their mass atrocities prevention framework; and whether they intend to publish the framework when it is completed.
Answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government is considering the findings and recommendations of recent reports relevant to our approach to atrocity prevention. No date has been set for the completion of this work. Decisions on publications will be made in due course.