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John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of the independent evaluations of the Global Conflict Prevention Pool and the African Conflict Prevention Pool. [170087]
Mr. Rammell: The joint external evaluation of the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool and the Global Conflict Prevention Pool began in June 2003. The fact-finding phase was completed in December 2003 and a final draft report including a synthesis of the main findings and recommendations has now been produced.
The evaluators concluded that the Conflict Prevention Pools are funding worthwhile activities, which make positive contributions to effective conflict prevention, and that the progress achieved through the Pools mechanisms is significant enough to justify their continuation. They also considered that the Pools were demonstrating increasingly good joined-up working between the three Departments.
The interim conclusions of the evaluation helped inform recent work on the Spending Review 2004 process.
Final editing of the Evaluation report is now being done. In summer 2004, the Evaluation, and the Government's response to it, will be published and made available to the House.
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how often the joint steering team responsible for the Global Conflict Prevention Pool has met in each year since 200102. [170088]
Mr. Rammell:
The Steering Team of the Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) comprises officials from FCO, MOD and DfID as well as representatives of HM Treasury and Cabinet Office.
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They have met, usually fortnightly, throughout each year since the GCPP's inception in April 2001, although at busier times they meet every week.
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funds were allocated to the (a) Global Conflict Prevention Pool and (b) African Conflict Prevention Pool in each year since 200102; and how much was spent in each year. [170090]
Mr. Rammell: The budget and spend information requested for (a) The Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) is as follows:
Financial year | Funds allocated | Spend |
---|---|---|
200102 | 60 | 50 |
200203 | 68 | 66 |
200304 | 74 | (22)86 |
The budget and spend information requested for (b) The Africa Conflict Prevention Pool (ACPP) is as follows:
Financial year | Funds allocated | Spend |
---|---|---|
200102 | 50 | 43 |
200203 | 50 | 45 |
200304 | 50 | (23)40+ |
Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the decision of the National People's Congress Standing Committee on 26 April to refuse to introduce universal suffrage for the election of the Hong Kong Chief Executive in 2007. [169852]
Mr. Rammell: On 26 April, I issued a press release about the Chinese National People's Congress decision on constitutional development in Hong Kong.
The record of the statement can be found on the British Consulate General in Hong Kong's website at www.britishconsulate.org.hk/english/press/pr040426.htm.
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department had on how the UN Oil For Food programme in Iraq was audited. [169700]
Mr. Rammell:
The management and administration of the Oil For Food (OFF) programme was carried out by the UN's Office of the Iraq Programme under a mandate from UN Security Council resolutions. Regular reports were made to and discussed by the UN
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Security Council. In light of on-going allegations of corruption during the lifetime of the OFF programme, the UK fully supports the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1538 (21 April 2004) endorsing a high-level independent inquiry into the management and administration of the programme, and will co-operate fully with that inquiry.
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with other UN Security Council members on the fee levied by the UN for operating the Oil For Food programme in Iraq. [169701]
Mr. Rammell: The Government had regular discussions with the UK's Security Council partners on all aspects of the operation of the Oil For Food (OFF) programme until it ended on 21 November 2003. In light of ongoing allegations of corruption during the lifetime of the OFF programme, the UK fully supports the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1538 (21 April 2004) endorsing a high-level independent inquiry into the management and administration of the programme, and will co-operate fully with that inquiry.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the overseas visits made by each Minister in his Department in financial year 200304. [169754]
Mr. Straw: Since 1999 the Government have published an annual list of all visits undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more during each financial year. The details for the financial year 200304 will be published as soon as possible. During the financial year 200304 other Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers made the following overseas visits:
Date | Destination | Purpose of trip |
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1 April 2003 | NATO SHAPE, Belgium | Meetings with UK Military Representation and SACEUR |
1214 April 2003 | Tehran, Damascus | Bilaterals |
2629 April 2003 | Baghdad | Central Iraq Conference |
1921 May 2003 | Algiers | Bilateral |
22 May 2003 | Paris | Conference on Drug Routes |
25 June 2003 | Jakarta | Bilateral |
6 July 2003 | Palermo | Informal EU Trade Ministers Conference |
1921 July 2003 | Beijing | Accompanying the Prime Minister and Trade Delegation on bilateral visit to China |
2225 July 2003 | Bali | ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting |
816 September 2003 | Cancun | WTO Ministerial Conference |
16 October 2003 | Berlin | Bilateral |
2124 October 2003 | Kabul | Bilateral |
24 November 2003 | Washington | Bilateral |
812 December 2003 | Islamabad and Karachi | Bilaterals |
48 January 2004 | New Delhi and Hyderabad | Bilaterals |
26 January 2004 | Cannes | Attend MIDEM (Music Industry event) |
1012 February 2004 | Casablanca and Rabat | Bilaterals |
1518 March 2004 | Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi | Bilaterals |
2223 March 2004 | Warsaw | Bilateral |
Date | Destination | Purpose of trip |
---|---|---|
30 April 2003 | Paris | OECD Trade Ministerial |
16 May 03 | Washington | Bilateral |
1515 July 2003 | Jordan | Bilateral |
3 September 2003 | Vienna | Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Conference |
1518 September 2003 | Morocco and Tunisia | Bilateral |
2325 September 2003 | New York | United Nations General Assembly |
29 September to 1 October 2003 | Israel | Bilateral |
89 October 2003 | Iraq | Bilateral |
2224 October 2003 | Madrid | Iraq Donors' Conference |
1820 November 2003 | Lebanon | Bilateral |
12 December 2003 | Istanbul | Response to the terrorist attacks against the British Consulate General and HSBC Bank |
4 December 2003 | Brussels | NATO Foreign Ministerial |
89 December 2003 | Syria | Bilateral |
2123 January 2004 | Occupied Territories | Bilateral |
2326 February 2004 | Bahrain and Qatar | Bilateral |
911 March 2004 | Jordan | Bilateral |
1919 March 2004 | Iraq | Bilateral |
Date | Destination | Purpose of trip |
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16 April 2003 | Botswana and South Africa | Bilaterals |
1417 April 2003 | Mali | G8 Meeting |
58 May 2003 | Dominican Republic | Bilateral |
Date | Destination | Purpose of trip |
---|---|---|
2125 July 2003 | Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone | Bilaterals |
28 October to 5 November 2003 | Kenya and South Africa | Bilaterals |
28 December 03 | Abuja | Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting |
1220 January 2004 | Ethiopia. Djibouti and Eritrea | Bilaterals |
36 February 2004 | Washington and New York | Liberia Donors' Conference |
2324 February 2004 | Paris | Bilateral to discuss Africa |
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