Written question asked by Andrew Dismore (Labour) on Monday, 24 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 February 2005. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Thursday, 3 February 2005 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the UN, with particular reference to the Commission on Human Rights, concerning the position of the Baha'i community in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the UN, with particular reference to the Commission on Human Rights, concerning the position of the Baha'i community in Iran; and if he will make a statement. [211299] Mr. MacShane: We continue to make clear at the United Nations our serious concern about the situation of the Baha'i community in Iran. In December 2004, the UK and other EU countries co-sponsored a resolution at the UN General Assembly on human rights in Iran, which expressed serious concern at the increased discrimination against the Baha'is. There was no country resolution on Iran at the Commission on Human Rights in 2004; the UK strongly supported a resolution on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance.

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