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former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldavia

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

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Tongo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Western Samoa

Yemen

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries with which Her Majesty's Government does not have diplomatic relations; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry: The countries with which we do not have diplomatic relations are as follows:

Bhutan

Iraq

Korea (North)

Libya

Korea

Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on what decision was reached concerning diplomatic relations following discussions held in Geneva between representatives of Her Majesty's Government and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Mr. Goodlad: We have discussions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the UN framework, but it would be premature to establish diplomatic relations.

Tiger Conservation Schemes

Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make additional resources available for tiger conservation schemes.      [13019]

Mr. Douglas Hogg: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister of State, Foreign Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Mr. Goodlad) Official Report , column 763 , on 27 October 1994, and the statement made by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment and Countryside, on 24 November 1994, Official Report , columns 24 42 .

Social Development Summit

Mr. Brandreth: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will evaluate the progress made at the world summit for social development; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg: Negotiations on the declaration and programme of action for the United Nations world summit on social development were successfully completed in Copenhagen during the summit, 6 to 12

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