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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Human Rights

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2009 Annual Report on Human Rights will be published at 1700. The report explains the Government’s activities and policies to address human rights challenges overseas in the period 1 January to 31 December 2009. The report will be laid before Parliament this afternoon and copies will be made available in the Vote Office (and Printed Paper Office in the House of Lords). A copy of the report is also available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website (www.fco.gov.uk). I commend the report to the House.