Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have left Yemen as refugees since March 2015.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
Between March 2015 and 15 February 2016, the UN estimates that 171,585 people have arrived in Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Oman from Yemen, including Yemeni refugees and asylum-seekers, and people of other nationalities seeking protection.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which countries people have been forcibly removed in the last three years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The table below shows the number of enforced removals from the United Kingdom by destination country for the last three years.
| Table: Enforced removals by country of destination, 2012 to 2014 | |||
| Country of destination | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Afghanistan | 518 | 496 | 398 |
| Albania | 473 | 613 | 823 |
| Algeria | 124 | 90 | 60 |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angola | 24 | 20 | 11 |
| Anguilla | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Armenia | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Aruba | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| Austria | 56 | 68 | 31 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Bahamas, The | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 881 | 603 | 651 |
| Barbados | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| Belarus | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| Belgium | 100 | 110 | 69 |
| Belize | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Benin | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Bermuda | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 71 | 27 | 24 |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Botswana | 19 | 2 | 7 |
| Brazil | 339 | 261 | 131 |
| British overseas citizens | z | z | z |
| Brunei | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 47 | 58 | 70 |
| Burkina | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Burma | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Burundi | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 29 | 35 |
| Canada | 27 | 34 | 21 |
| Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 32 | 20 | 13 |
| China | 617 | 512 | 423 |
| Christmas Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colombia | 86 | 64 | 34 |
| Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Congo | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Croatia | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curacao | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 8 | 9 |
| Cyprus (Northern part of) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 36 | 58 | 110 |
| Denmark | 16 | 13 | 12 |
| Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominica | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| East Timor | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Egypt | 53 | 51 | 44 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Estonia | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| Ethiopia | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Falkland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Finland | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 286 | 327 | 397 |
| French Guiana | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| French Polynesia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gambia, The | 72 | 57 | 21 |
| Georgia | 32 | 28 | 8 |
| Germany | 144 | 123 | 79 |
| Ghana | 229 | 186 | 158 |
| Gibraltar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Greenland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Guadeloupe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Guinea | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guyana | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honduras | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| Hungary | 27 | 44 | 52 |
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 2,087 | 1,357 | 1,135 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| Iran | 27 | 18 | 9 |
| Iraq | 55 | 99 | 42 |
| Ireland | 214 | 178 | 106 |
| Israel | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| Italy | 297 | 366 | 377 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 9 | 12 |
| Jamaica | 306 | 287 | 284 |
| Japan | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| Jordan | 12 | 7 | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Kenya | 50 | 42 | 51 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea (North) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea (South) | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Kosovo | 24 | 30 | 28 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Laos | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Latvia | 105 | 94 | 189 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Liberia | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Libya | 8 | 24 | 18 |
| Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 193 | 324 | 425 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Macau | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Macedonia | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malawi | 61 | 51 | 22 |
| Malaysia | 147 | 127 | 82 |
| Maldives | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mali | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Malta | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 52 | 56 | 43 |
| Mayotte | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 52 | 19 | 14 |
| Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moldova | 24 | 12 | 5 |
| Monaco | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 23 | 13 | 13 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morocco | 31 | 32 | 42 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Namibia | 23 | 18 | 15 |
| Nauru | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 174 | 144 | 153 |
| Netherlands | 105 | 110 | 91 |
| Netherlands Antilles | z | z | z |
| New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Niger | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 707 | 698 | 506 |
| Niue | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norfolk Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 40 | 25 | 23 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oman | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Other and unknown | 273 | 275 | 352 |
| Pakistan | 1,845 | 1,870 | 1,768 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Philippines | 158 | 115 | 108 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 372 | 415 | 579 |
| Portugal | 72 | 81 | 100 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Refugee | z | z | z |
| Reunion | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 463 | 705 | 829 |
| Russia | 31 | 13 | 8 |
| Rwanda | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Senegal | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Serbia | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | z | z | z |
| Seychelles | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | 24 | 11 | 12 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 44 | 58 | 95 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Somalia | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| South Africa | 58 | 57 | 34 |
| South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 71 | 70 | 59 |
| Sri Lanka | 364 | 164 | 185 |
| St. Helena | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| St. Lucia | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| St. Maarten (Dutch Part) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Martin (French Part) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 13 | 9 | 9 |
| Stateless | z | z | z |
| Sudan | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Sudan (South) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surinam | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 36 | 45 | 29 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 36 | 24 |
| Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanzania | 32 | 24 | 16 |
| Thailand | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Togo | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Tokelau | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tonga | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25 | 34 | 23 |
| Tunisia | 21 | 11 | 31 |
| Turkey | 133 | 122 | 68 |
| Turkmenistan | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuvalu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda | 61 | 48 | 25 |
| Ukraine | 112 | 79 | 106 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| United States | 66 | 98 | 70 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 37 | 24 | 17 |
| Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vatican City | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| Vietnam | 589 | 468 | 296 |
| Virgin Islands (British) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgin Islands (US) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Sahara | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemen | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Zambia | 19 | 8 | 10 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 32 | 34 |
| Total | 14,647 | 13,311 | 12,627 |
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of enforced removals from the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within the Immigration Statistics release. Data relating to enforced removals by destination are available in tables rv_05 to rv_06_q in Immigration Statistics: April – June 2015 on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) members and (b) reserve members of the armed forces are providing training to the (i) armed forces and (ii) security forces of other countries; and in which countries that training is being provided.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The Ministry of Defence has permanent training teams based overseas in Czech Republic, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa. 57 military personnel are currently serving in these teams.
The teams deliver advice, capacity-building and training directly to the armed and security forces of the countries in which they are based, and of others on a regional basis.
470 personnel are in Afghanistan as part of the Resolute Support Mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces. Over 100 personnel are currently deployed on other enduring overseas tasks, including the EU Training Mission in Mali, the international efforts in Somalia and Iraq, and security sector assistance to the Palestinian Authority.
In addition there are some 200 personnel in Loan Service teams in seven countries: Brunei, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. These Loan Service personnel are embedded in a wide variety of training, educational and staff posts in the host nations' armed forces.
Data is not held centrally on which posts are filled by reservists. Exchange posts with NATO allies and others have been excluded.
A substantial amount of training is also provided by short-term training teams (STTTs) sent from the UK. An STTT may comprise a single instructor for a few days or up to 40 or 50 personnel for several weeks. STTTs are often called forward by the permanent overseas teams but are also arranged by defence attaches as part of our bilateral defence relationships. In 2014 over 1,000 military personnel deployed in such teams. Royal Navy vessels also undertake training tasks in the course of their deployments.
Countries or territories in which UK Armed Forces have provided training to either security or armed forces personnel since January 2014 are:
Algeria, Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burma, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Island (New Zealand), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hungary, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Nieu (island near New Zealand), Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries the armed forces are providing training to (a) security forces and (b) armed forces.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The Ministry of Defence has permanent training teams based overseas in Czech Republic, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa. 57 military personnel are currently serving in these teams.
The teams deliver advice, capacity-building and training directly to the armed and security forces of the countries in which they are based, and of others on a regional basis.
470 personnel are in Afghanistan as part of the Resolute Support Mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces. Over 100 personnel are currently deployed on other enduring overseas tasks, including the EU Training Mission in Mali, the international efforts in Somalia and Iraq, and security sector assistance to the Palestinian Authority.
In addition there are some 200 personnel in Loan Service teams in seven countries: Brunei, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. These Loan Service personnel are embedded in a wide variety of training, educational and staff posts in the host nations' armed forces.
Data is not held centrally on which posts are filled by reservists. Exchange posts with NATO allies and others have been excluded.
A substantial amount of training is also provided by short-term training teams (STTTs) sent from the UK. An STTT may comprise a single instructor for a few days or up to 40 or 50 personnel for several weeks. STTTs are often called forward by the permanent overseas teams but are also arranged by defence attaches as part of our bilateral defence relationships. In 2014 over 1,000 military personnel deployed in such teams. Royal Navy vessels also undertake training tasks in the course of their deployments.
Countries or territories in which UK Armed Forces have provided training to either security or armed forces personnel since January 2014 are:
Algeria, Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burma, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Island (New Zealand), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hungary, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Nieu (island near New Zealand), Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
Asked by: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people received support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in the last year for which they have records, broken down by nationality.
Answered by Lord Bates
At the end of 2014, there were 4,994 failed asylum seekers and their dependants receiving support under Section 4.
The figures provided in the table are a subset of latest statistics published in the Immigration Statistics Release by the Home Office, in Table as_18_q "Asylum seekers in receipt of Section 4 or Section 98 support, and decisions to grant Section 4 support as at the end of the quarter", available from the link below.
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on people receiving support within the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October – December 2014 is available from
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and will be placed in the Library of the House
Failed asylum seekers and their dependants in receipt of Section 4 support, by nationality as at the end of 2014 | |
Country of nationality | Total supported under Section 4 |
Afghanistan | 123 |
Albania | 29 |
Algeria | 90 |
Angola | 30 |
Armenia | 4 |
Azerbaijan | 5 |
Bahrain | 1 |
Bangladesh | 18 |
Barbados | 1 |
Belarus | 2 |
Benin | 3 |
Botswana | 4 |
Brazil | 1 |
Burkina | 1 |
Burma | 6 |
Burundi | 8 |
Cameroon | 32 |
Chad | 3 |
China | 885 |
Congo | 45 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | 103 |
Cuba | 1 |
Djibouti | 1 |
Dominica | 1 |
Egypt | 24 |
Eritrea | 266 |
Ethiopia | 110 |
Gambia, The | 57 |
Georgia | 6 |
Ghana | 12 |
Guinea | 44 |
Guinea-Bissau | 4 |
Haiti | 1 |
India | 31 |
Iran | 869 |
Iraq | 375 |
Ivory Coast | 45 |
Jamaica | 17 |
Kenya | 37 |
Kosovo | 2 |
Kuwait | 20 |
Latvia | 1 |
Lebanon | 5 |
Lesotho | 2 |
Liberia | 25 |
Libya | 59 |
Macedonia | 3 |
Malawi | 17 |
Malaysia | 2 |
Mali | 3 |
Mauritania | 3 |
Mauritius | 10 |
Mexico | 3 |
Moldova | 2 |
Mongolia | 2 |
Morocco | 13 |
Namibia | 5 |
Nigeria | 144 |
Korea (North) | 4 |
Pakistan | 231 |
Occupied Palestinian Territories | 68 |
Philippines | 3 |
Russia | 7 |
Rwanda | 12 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 |
Senegal | 15 |
Serbia | 1 |
Sierra Leone | 52 |
Singapore | 1 |
Somalia | 129 |
South Africa | 40 |
Sri Lanka | 108 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 |
Stateless | 2 |
Sudan | 84 |
Swaziland | 2 |
Syria | 23 |
Tanzania | 4 |
Thailand | 1 |
Togo | 5 |
Trinidad And Tobago | 2 |
Tunisia | 5 |
Turkey | 12 |
Uganda | 52 |
Ukraine | 7 |
Venezuela | 1 |
Vietnam | 27 |
Western Sahara | 3 |
Yemen | 13 |
Former Yugoslavia | 1 |
Zambia | 3 |
Zimbabwe | 425 |
Other and unknown | 31 |
Total | 4,994 |
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the transparency and accountability of the Moscow Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was held in Moscow over 13-18 October 2014. The United Kingdom was represented at the Conference, as were the following Parties to the treaty:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zambia.
An official report of the proceedings of the Conference will be published in November 2014.
In addition, the next Conference to be held in 2016 will consider options that would further maximise transparency, particularly with regard to Party delegations to Conference of the Parties and subsidiary bodies.