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Written Question

Elections: Subversion

Thursday 21st March 2024

Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his international partners on taking steps to enhance resilience to hostile state threats to elections taking place in 2024.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The UK Government is committed to working with international partners to build our collective electoral resilience, including from hostile state actors. The Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Dowden, discussed election resilience with international partners at the Summit for Democracy in Seoul on 18-20 March. At the Munich Security Conference attended by the Foreign Secretary in February, we issued a joint statement with Canada and the US to increase international coordination efforts to counter foreign state information manipulation that seeks to undermine our democracies. FCDO officials have engaged with 5EYES, G7 and European partners, including Austria, Romania, and Moldova to share best practice and identify opportunities for future collaboration on election resilience.

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 20 2024

Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Joint Statement on Sudan Humanitarian Access
Document: UN Human Rights Council 55: Joint Statement on Sudan Humanitarian Access (webpage)

Found: Spain Switzerland Portugal France Argentina Slovakia Republic of Korea Ecuador Sweden Estonia Cyprus Romania

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Business and Trade

Mar. 20 2024

Source Page: Security and Policing 2024
Document: Security and Policing 2024 (webpage)

Found: North Macedonia Norway* Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland* Portugal* Qatar* Romania

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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
HM Passport Office

Mar. 19 2024

Source Page: Romania: Knowledge Base profile
Document: Romania: Knowledge Base profile (webpage)

Found: Romania: Knowledge Base profile

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Deposited Papers

Mar. 19 2024

Source Page: British Council 2022-23 Annual report and accounts. 141p.
Document: British.pdf (PDF)

Found: Another highlight was a workshop in Romania for 55 Ukrainian people aged 16 to 24, who had fled Ukraine

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Select Committee

Krucial, and EcoOnline

Oral Evidence Mar. 18 2024

Inquiry: Scotland's space sector
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: We just launched with a bunch of high-school kids from Romania—they flew their first two satellites

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Select Committee

Alba Orbital, and Craft Prospect Ltd

Oral Evidence Mar. 18 2024

Inquiry: Scotland's space sector
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: We just launched with a bunch of high-school kids from Romania—they flew their first two satellites

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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Strategic Command

Mar. 18 2024

Source Page: Joint NATO Open Skies training mission over the United Kingdom
Document: Joint NATO Open Skies training mission over the United Kingdom (webpage)

Found: Alongside NATO partners, Romania and France, JACIG coordinated an inbound observation mission over the

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 15 2024

Source Page: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Revocation) Regulations 2024
Document: Explanatory memorandum (PDF)

Found: certain types of waste to Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Jamaica, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Romania

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