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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Call for Proposals: UKISF Pacific Programme
Document: UK WPS National Action Plan (PDF, 8.5MB) (PDF)

Found: Arab Emirates to the United Nations and Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace, and Security


Select Committee
Formal Minutes of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Session 2023−24

Formal Minutes May. 09 2024

Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: Cooperation of the UAE Address of donor: King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St, Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United


Select Committee
Formal Minutes of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Session 2022−23

Formal Minutes May. 09 2024

Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: , and the Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, form er President of the Supreme Court of the United


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

May. 08 2024

Source Page: United Arab Emirates: Knowledge Base profile
Document: United Arab Emirates: Knowledge Base profile (webpage)

Found: United Arab Emirates: Knowledge Base profile


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Later in my speech, I will come on to the point that he so eloquently made.The Arab League has 22 members - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Out of the 22, this is arguably the best Arab country to engage with. - Speech Link


Early Day Motion
Maasai evictions in Tanzania (2 Signatures)
8 May 2024
Tabled by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Streatham)
That this House stands in solidarity with the Maasai people of Tanzania who are being forcibly evicted by their Government on the false pretext that they are damaging the eco systems through population growth; notes that some 150,000 Maasai people live in the Ngorongoro and Loliondo Conservation; further notes that …
Written Question
Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb: Sovereignty
Tuesday 7th May 2024

Asked by: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will publish (a) historic documents and (b) maps held by his Department that demonstrate that Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb fell under UK protection as part of the Trucial States up to 1971.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are not conducting freedom of navigation operations around these islands. However, we keep operations in the Gulf under constant review. The UK supports the United Arab Emirates' call to reach a peaceful solution to the dispute over the three islands - Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa - through bilateral negotiations or the International Court of Justice, in accordance with the rules of international law including the UN Charter.

The UK is dedicated to defending freedom of navigation in the Gulf, which is crucial for the global trading system and world economy, with the deployment of HMS DIAMOND in support of our current footprint in the region. We are proud to be partnering with other members of the international community to uphold the rules based approach.


Written Question
Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb: Sovereignty
Tuesday 7th May 2024

Asked by: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the legality of Iran’s military occupation of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb; and if he will raise that matter with his Gulf Cooperation Council partners.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are not conducting freedom of navigation operations around these islands. However, we keep operations in the Gulf under constant review. The UK supports the United Arab Emirates' call to reach a peaceful solution to the dispute over the three islands - Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa - through bilateral negotiations or the International Court of Justice, in accordance with the rules of international law including the UN Charter.

The UK is dedicated to defending freedom of navigation in the Gulf, which is crucial for the global trading system and world economy, with the deployment of HMS DIAMOND in support of our current footprint in the region. We are proud to be partnering with other members of the international community to uphold the rules based approach.


Written Question
Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb: Sovereignty
Tuesday 7th May 2024

Asked by: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make it his policy to assume responsibility for mediating Iran’s withdrawal from Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are not conducting freedom of navigation operations around these islands. However, we keep operations in the Gulf under constant review. The UK supports the United Arab Emirates' call to reach a peaceful solution to the dispute over the three islands - Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa - through bilateral negotiations or the International Court of Justice, in accordance with the rules of international law including the UN Charter.

The UK is dedicated to defending freedom of navigation in the Gulf, which is crucial for the global trading system and world economy, with the deployment of HMS DIAMOND in support of our current footprint in the region. We are proud to be partnering with other members of the international community to uphold the rules based approach.


Written Question
Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb: Sovereignty
Tuesday 7th May 2024

Asked by: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make it his policy to recognise Emirati sovereignty of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are not conducting freedom of navigation operations around these islands. However, we keep operations in the Gulf under constant review. The UK supports the United Arab Emirates' call to reach a peaceful solution to the dispute over the three islands - Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa - through bilateral negotiations or the International Court of Justice, in accordance with the rules of international law including the UN Charter.

The UK is dedicated to defending freedom of navigation in the Gulf, which is crucial for the global trading system and world economy, with the deployment of HMS DIAMOND in support of our current footprint in the region. We are proud to be partnering with other members of the international community to uphold the rules based approach.