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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of President Obama’s statement on 26 March that “Kosovo only left Serbia after a referendum was organised”.[HL6525]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of President Obama’s statement on 26 March that “Kosovo only left Serbia after a referendum was organised”.[HL6525]
The point that President Obama was making is that the situations in Crimea and Kosovo are not comparable. Kosovo’s independence followed a humanitarian crisis, nearly nine years of UN administration, and the failure of a long period of inclusive, internationally sponsored negotiations on Kosovo’s final status. Kosovo thus declared independence only after other options were exhausted, and by the decision of a parliament that had been assembled through a free and fair vote conducted under UN supervision. None of these conditions apply in Crimea.
My Lords, why is there an International Roma Day on 8 April? It was declared in 1990 to acknowledge the first major international meeting of Romany representatives who had founded the International Romani Union in April 1971. The different groups who make up the Roma peoples were finally motivated to...
My Lords, why is there an International Roma Day on 8 April? It was declared in 1990 to acknowledge the first major international meeting of Romany representatives who had founded the International Romani Union in April 1971. The different groups who make up the Roma peoples were finally motivated to...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for securing this debate, and give my sincere apologies for arriving just after she had started her speech. I am sorry; I had been told that we were starting around 6 pm so I ran down the Corridors to get here.
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My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for securing this debate, and give my sincere apologies for arriving just after she had started her speech. I am sorry; I had been told that we were starting around 6 pm so I ran down the Corridors to get here.
I...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Whitaker on initiating this debate. What a shame it is that so few noble Lords have seen fit to contribute to it. It is perhaps sad testimony to the marginal nature of Roma in our society and in Europe more generally that...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Whitaker on initiating this debate. What a shame it is that so few noble Lords have seen fit to contribute to it. It is perhaps sad testimony to the marginal nature of Roma in our society and in Europe more generally that...
I congratulate my noble friend Lady Whitaker on initiating this debate and my noble friend Lord Giddens for, as usual, describing pretty much exactly what should happen next. I also congratulate the right reverend Prelate, whose newness we are aware of and who will learn that debates in your Lordships’...
I congratulate my noble friend Lady Whitaker on initiating this debate and my noble friend Lord Giddens for, as usual, describing pretty much exactly what should happen next. I also congratulate the right reverend Prelate, whose newness we are aware of and who will learn that debates in your Lordships’...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for proposing this debate to mark International Roma Day, which will happen on 8 April. I congratulate the noble Baroness on her longstanding support for the rights of Roma, including her vice-chairmanship of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gypsy Roma Travellers...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for proposing this debate to mark International Roma Day, which will happen on 8 April. I congratulate the noble Baroness on her longstanding support for the rights of Roma, including her vice-chairmanship of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gypsy Roma Travellers...
Lords question for short debate on what plans they have to mark International Roma Day.
Lords question for short debate on what plans they have to mark International Roma Day.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development will attend the Development Foreign Affairs Council on 12 December, my right hon. Friend the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 16 December, and I will attend the General Affairs...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development will attend the Development Foreign Affairs Council on 12 December, my right hon. Friend the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 16 December, and I will attend the General Affairs...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for International Development will attend the Development Foreign Affairs Council on 12 December, my Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for International Development will attend the Development Foreign Affairs Council on 12 December, my Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
I attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 18 November and the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 19 November. My Honourable Friend the Minister for International Security Strategy, Member for Aldershot, attended the...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
I attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 18 November and the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 19 November. My Honourable Friend the Minister for International Security Strategy, Member for Aldershot, attended the...
I attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 18 November and the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 19 November. My hon. Friend the Minister responsible for international security strategy attended the European Defence Agency steering board on 18-19 November
and the Defence Foreign Affairs Council, which will be reported on...
I attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 18 November and the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 19 November. My hon. Friend the Minister responsible for international security strategy attended the European Defence Agency steering board on 18-19 November
and the Defence Foreign Affairs Council, which will be reported on...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October and I attended the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October....
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October and I attended the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October....
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October and I attended the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October. The Foreign
Affairs Council was chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October and I attended the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October. The Foreign
Affairs Council was chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October, and I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October. The FAC will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October, and I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 22 October. The FAC will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October, and I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC) on...
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 21 October, and I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC) on...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reforms have been carried out to the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo programme in Kosovo since the European Union Court of Auditors report in 2012; and how those changes were reflected in the recent United Kingdom contribution to that programme.[HL1784]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reforms have been carried out to the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo programme in Kosovo since the European Union Court of Auditors report in 2012; and how those changes were reflected in the recent United Kingdom contribution to that programme.[HL1784]
There are six recommendations of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) report, four of which concern the EU's Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) in particular. These are: stronger benchmarking; better coordination; that Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions operate at maximum capacity; that CSDP missions have a legal personality. Many of these recommendations have been implemented following the 2012 strategic review of EULEX.
a) On stronger benchmarking: the UK has led the drive for stronger benchmarking for EULEX, and the mission is now monitored according to these benchmarks every month. The UK has pushed for benchmarking across all CSDP missions.
b) On better coordination: The Joint Rule of Law Coordination Board established in 2012, has enhanced communication between EULEX and the EU Office. The double-hatting of Samuel Zbogar, as Head of the EU Office and EU Special Representative (EUSR), means that the EUSR can now provide political guidance to EULEX.
c) On CSDP missions operating at maximum capacity: Staffing issues have been improved by allowing Member States longer to recruit, and through more strategic planning for EULEX’s longer term staffing needs. This allows for unmanned posts to be cut where there is no demand for them. There is more work to be done. For example, EULEX still has too many unoccupied positions and the rate of staff turnover within other Member State secondees is too high.
d) That CSDP missions have a legal personality: We understand that the European Commission and External Action Service (EAS) intend to make a change to the legal identity of missions. This would ensure that Heads of Mission are not personally responsible for the mission itself, particularly in terms of EULEX expenditure and staffing. This is a proposal that the UK is broadly in favour of, but which we need to consider carefully because of competence issues.
The UK has sought to support these recommendations in our contribution to EULEX. For instance, the ECA report criticized EULEX for an unhelpfully high turnover of staff. The UK actively supports the extension of contracts for high-quality secondees, and UK staff (excluding police) often deploy for three years or more. The UK continues to push for more streamlining of the EULEX mission in Brussels, and we have lobbied for benchmarks, end states and exit strategies in all CSDP missions. We have also insisted that CSDP missions are coordinated with the wider range of EU instruments.
What recent assessment he has made of the prospects for fully normalising relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
What recent assessment he has made of the prospects for fully normalising relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
I very much welcome the considerable progress that Serbia and Kosovo have already made, including their historic agreement on 19 April this year. There is still more to do, but I am confident that if both sides remain committed, full normalisation will be achieved.
I very much welcome the considerable progress that Serbia and Kosovo have already made, including their historic agreement on 19 April this year. There is still more to do, but I am confident that if both sides remain committed, full normalisation will be achieved.
I very much welcome the considerable progress that Serbia and Kosovo have already made, including their historic agreement on 19 April this year. There is still more to do, but I am confident that if both sides remain committed, full normalisation will be achieved.
What recent assessment he has made of the prospects for fully normalising relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
I am sure that the Minister for Europe will join me in congratulating both the United Nations and the EU High Representative on their efforts to bring a better relationship between Kosovo and Serbia, but what does he identify as the next crucial step in normalising the relationship between Pristina and Belgrade?
I am sure that the Minister for Europe will join me in congratulating both the United Nations and the EU High Representative on their efforts to bring a better relationship between Kosovo and Serbia, but what does he identify as the next crucial step in normalising the relationship between Pristina and Belgrade?
I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about congratulating both the United Nations and the EU High Representative on their work to achieve progress. The next steps are the full implementation of what has been agreed under the dialogue and urgent efforts to take forward some of the key outstanding issues, such as telecommunications, energy and agreement on arrangements for municipal elections later this year. Of course, we have to ensure that conditionality on normalisation is hard-wired into the framework for Serbia’s accession negotiations.
I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about congratulating both the United Nations and the EU High Representative on their work to achieve progress. The next steps are the full implementation of what has been agreed under the dialogue and urgent efforts to take forward some of the key outstanding issues, such as telecommunications, energy and agreement on arrangements for municipal elections later this year. Of course, we have to ensure that conditionality on normalisation is hard-wired into the framework for Serbia’s accession negotiations.
I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about congratulating both the United Nations and the EU High Representative on their work to achieve progress. The next steps are the full implementation of what has been agreed under the dialogue and urgent efforts to take forward some of the key outstanding issues, such as telecommunications, energy and agreement on arrangements for municipal elections later this year. Of course, we have to ensure that conditionality on normalisation is hard-wired into the framework for Serbia’s accession negotiations.
I am sure that the Minister for Europe will join me in congratulating both the United Nations and the EU High Representative on their efforts to bring a better relationship between Kosovo and Serbia, but what does he identify as the next crucial step in normalising the relationship between Pristina and Belgrade?