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Dept for International Development

Answer

Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contribution in terms of (a) speakers and (b) resources his Department made to the International Conference reviewing the 1997 Ottawa Convention on Landmines held in December in Nairobi; and if he will place in the Library the final declaration of the Review Conference. [204326] Hilary Benn: The Review Conference for the Mine Ban Treaty recently held in Nairobi was attended by a UK delegation comprising of officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence. The Head of the UK Delegation, Mr. John Freeman, the UK Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva gave the UK statement. The cost to the UK of supporting the arrangements for the conference is based on our assessed contributions to the United Nations and amounted to approximately £19,500. DFID also contributed to the costs of bringing delegates from poorer mine affected countries via our financial support to the sponsorship scheme which was set up under the Convention to assist these countries. Over the past 12 months DFID has provided £16,660 to this scheme. A copy of the final Declaration will be lodged in Parliament when it has been formally agreed.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

204326; 428 c1138W;428 c1138-9W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Bomb disposal Landmines Ottawa Convention Treaties Reviews Conferences

Link

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