Written question asked by Madeleine Moon (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 November 2008. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Colombia: Armed Forces

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 777W, on Colombia: armed forces, what training his Department has provided to individual soldiers attached to the 15th Mobile Brigade.

Answer: Officials from this Department are not involved in the training of any members of the Colombian armed forces.The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, alongside the Ministry of Defence and Department for International Development, supports humanitarian demining and human rights training, either directly or through partners including the United Nations, to personnel drawn from across the Colombian armed forces and police. As well as bilateral projects, we have projects running through several UN agencies including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, that will provide training to more than two thousand serving men and women.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 483 c1196-7W; 235991
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Colombia: Armed Forces
Monday, 10 November 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Armed forces Colombia Military aid
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