Universal Rights Group
(asked on 9th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects their diplomatic missions have funded for the Universal Rights Group non-governmental organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland; and how much funding has been approved.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 23rd June 2021
HM Government have provided funding to the Universal Rights Group for a number of projects:
- In 2013-14 we funded URG £60,000 to support the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 on combating religious intolerance.
- In 2016-17, £30,250 and in 2017-18 £22,100, to support projects on corruption and SDG16 on "Leveraging the UN human rights system to contribute to the global fight against corruption and the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 16"
- In 2018-19 25,043 CHF for a project to support a more diverse membership of the Human Rights Council , through engagement with small island developing states and least developed countries
No funding has been provided to Universal Rights Group in the last 2 years.