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Deposited Papers

Feb. 24 2023

Source Page: UK Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2023-2027. Incl. annex. 52p.
Document: Women_Peace_Security_NAP_2023.pdf (PDF)

Found: From increasing female recruitment in the British Armed Forces and our negotiating teams, to working


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Feb. 23 2023

Source Page: UK women, peace and security national action plan 2023 to 2027
Document: UK women, peace and security national action plan 2023 to 2027 (PDF)

Found: From increasing female recruitment in the British Armed Forces and our negotiating teams, to working


Westminster Hall
Overseas Aid: Child Health and Education - Wed 22 Feb 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) The protracted nature of the conflict, the significant threat of exposure to violence and the many other - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) in Ukraine, in Palestine, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in Tigray, in Afghanistan, in Myanmar - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) He makes an excellent point.The cuts to conflict resolution projects come at a time when the world has - Speech Link
4: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) African countries experience climate disaster, poverty, child malnutrition and conflict, but they were - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Human rights and religious minorities in Sudan - CDP-2023-0039
Feb. 14 2023

Found: rights and religious minorities in Sudan 16 Commons Library Debate Pack , 16 February 2023 Sudan: Armed


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 - Thu 26 Jan 2023

Mentions:
1: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) Holocaust, we have witnessed reports of ethnically motivated atrocities being committed in western Tigray - Speech Link
2: Wishart, Beatrice (LD - Shetland Islands) have been forbidden from learning, and in Ukraine a nation fights for its survival in an unprovoked conflict - Speech Link


Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Development and Africa regarding hunger in the Horn of Africa - 16 December 2022

Correspondence Jan. 09 2023

Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: The UK is supporting NGOs working in Tigray through the Ethiopian Humanitarian Fund.


Written Question
Tigray: Armed Conflict
Thursday 22nd December 2022

Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Eritrean soldiers continue to target civilians in the Tigray region of Ethiopia following the cessation of hostilities on 2 November; and what assistance they are providing to the affected communities.

Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

The presence of Eritrean forces in Tigray has fuelled the conflict in northern Ethiopia making its resolution more difficult. The peace agreement is clear that Ethiopian Government forces will safeguard the sovereignty of the country and prevent provocation or incursion on either side of the border. We continue to urge the Eritrean Government to withdraw its troops in support of this peace agreement.

According to the UN, approximately 5.4 million people in Tigray require life-saving aid. In the last nineteen months the UK has provided nearly £90 million to communities across Ethiopia affected by crises, including Tigray. Our partners on the ground are responding to the current crisis with UK funding, including via the £6 million we contributed to the Ethiopian Humanitarian Fund in August 2022 and via the £14 million for UNICEF announced during the former Minister for Development's recent visit to Ethiopia and disbursed to UNICEF in November.


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Dec. 09 2022

Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2021
Document: Human rights and democracy: the 2021 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office report (PDF)

Found: responds to the UN Secretary General’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict, negotiating and


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Day - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) There are six armed conflicts still ongoing in Colombia.I want to refer to a few individuals I think - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) She is one of many journalists who have been injured or shot not only in the conflict in Palestine but - Speech Link
3: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) has recently brokered a cessation of hostilities agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) A recent Westminster Hall debate focused on Ethiopia, particularly the situation in Tigray. - Speech Link


Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Development regarding the humanitarian situation in Tigray - 30 November 2022

Correspondence Dec. 05 2022

Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: Letter from the Minister for Development regarding the humanitarian situation in Tigray - 30 November