UNESCO: Equatorial Guinea Debate
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Baroness Garden of Frognal
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UNESCO: Equatorial Guinea
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Baroness Verma
My Lords, on the specific point about Equatorial Guinea, I should say that we have no presence there, although the high commissioner to Nigeria, Bob Dewar, visits twice a year. However, we completely agree that there needs to be transparency in what Equatorial Guinea is doing on human rights. That is what we will urge through all the multilateral agencies through which we supply our funds.
Baroness Garden of Frognal
What consultation process has the UNESCO director-general set up to find a solution to this prize?
Baroness Verma
My Lords, my noble friend asks a serious question. We have asked UNESCO to ensure that all the principles and criteria in setting these prizes are open and transparent and that the board undertakes, with other agencies that are involved in setting these prizes, to look seriously at ensuring that prizes set in one sector comply with prizes set in others.