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Burma

Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Burma about forced labour.[32355]

Mr. Hanley: The United Kingdom has had no ministerial contact with the ruling military regime in Burma, the State Law and Order Restoration Council.

Officials have consistently expressed our concern about the use of forced labour in Burma, both in international forums and directly to the SLORC. We shall continue to do so.

Child Abduction

Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries that have ratified (a) The Hague convention

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on the civil aspects of international child abduction and (b) the European convention on recognition and enforcement of decisions concerning custody of children. [32294]

Mr. Hanley: The following countries have ratified The Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction:


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Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those members of the United Nations that have not ratified The Hague convention of the civil aspects of international child abduction. [32295]

Mr. Hanley: The following members of the United Nations have not ratified The Hague conventions on the civil aspects of international child abduction:


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    Fiji
    Gabon
    Gambia
    Georgia
    Ghana
    Grenada
    Guatemala
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Guyana
    Haiti
    Iceland
    India
    Indonesia
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Iraq
    Jamaica
    Japan
    Jordan
    Kazakstan
    Kenya
    Kuwait
    Kyrgystan
    Lao People's Democratic Republic
    Latvia
    Lebanon
    Lesotho
    Liberia
    Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
    Liechtenstein
    Lithuania
    Madagascar
    Malawi
    Malaysia
    Maldives
    Mali
    Malta
    Marshall Islands
    Mauritania
    Mongola
    Morocco
    Mozambique
    Myanmar
    Namibia
    Nepal
    Nicaragua
    Niger
    Nigeria

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    Oman
    Pakistan
    Palu
    Papua New Guinea
    Paraquay
    Peru
    Philippines
    Qatar
    Republic of Korea
    Republic of Moldova
    Russian Federation
    Rwanda
    Saint Lucia
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Samoa
    San Marino
    Sao Tome and Principe
    Saudi Arabia
    Senegal
    Seychelles
    Sierra Leone
    Singapore
    Slovak Republic
    Solomon Islands
    Somalia
    South Africa
    Sri Lanka
    Sudan
    Suriname
    Swaziland
    Syrian Arab Republic
    Tajikstan
    Thailand
    The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
    Togo
    Trinidad and Tobago
    Tunisia
    Turkey
    Turkmenistan
    Uganda
    United Arab Emirates
    United Republic of Tanzania
    Uruguay
    Uzbekistan
    Vanuatu
    Venezeula
    Vietnam
    Yemen
    Zaire
    Zambia.

Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that have not ratified The Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. [32296]

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Mr. Hanley: The following members of the OECD have not ratified The Hague convention on the civil aspects of child abduction:


Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those members of the Commonwealth that have not ratified The Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. [32297]

Mr. Hanley: The following Commonwealth countries have not ratified The Hague Convention on the civil aspects of child abduction:


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Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those members of the European Union that have not ratified both The Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction and the European convention on recognition and enforcement of decisions concerning the custody of children. [32298]

Mr. Hanley: Belgium is the only member of the European Union which has not ratified both The Hague convention on the civil aspects of child abduction and the European convention on recognition and enforcement of decisions concerning the custody of children.