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Written Answers
Wednesday, 7th November 2001.
International Criminal Court
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they will ask members of the European Union and the Commonwealth who have not yet done so to ratify the Statute of the International Criminal Court.[HL980]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Amos): Yes. Only three members of the EU, Ireland, Portugal and Greece, have yet to ratify the statute. We are confident that they will do so soon in line with the commitments agreed in the EU Common Position on the International Criminal Court in June 2001. Fourteen Commonwealth countries have ratified to date. We shall continue our policy of lobbying the remainder at every opportunity.
Diplomatic Premises Overseas
Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Of which diplomatic premises overseas they are the freehold owners.[HL989]
Baroness Amos: The posts overseas which have offices and/or official residences of heads of post mission of which the FCO is the freehold owner are as follows (see attached list).
| Post | Office or Residence |
| Abidjan | Office |
| Abidjan | Residence |
| Abidjan | Office |
| Alexandria | Office and Residence |
| Algiers | Residence |
| Algiers | Office |
| Alicante | Office |
| Almaty | Office (visa section only) |
| Amman | Residence |
| Amman | Office |
| Amsterdam | Residence |
| Amsterdam | Office |
| Antananarivo | Residence |
| Asuncion | Residence |
| Athens | Office |
| Athens | Residence |
| Atlanta | Residence |
| Auckland | Residence |
| Bahrain | Office and Residence |
| Bangkok | Offices and Residence |
| Barcelona | Office |
| Belgrade | Office |
| Belmopan | Residence |
| Belmopan | Office |
| Berne | Office |
| Berne | Residence |
| Bilbao | Office |
| Bogota | Residence |
| Bordeaux | Residence |
| Boston | Residence |
| Brasilla | Residence |
| Brasilla | Office |
| Bratislava | Residence |
| Bratislava | Office |
| Bridgetown | Residence |
| Bridgetown | Office |
| Brisbane | Residence |
| Brussels | Residence |
| Brussels | Residence |
| Bucharest | Office |
| Bucharest | Residence |
| Budapest | Residence |
| Buenos Aires | Office |
| Buenos Aires | Residence |
| Cairo | Office |
| Cairo | Residence |
| Calcutta | Office |
| Cape Town | Office |
| Caracas | Residence |
| Caracas | Office |
| Castries | Residence |
| Chicago | Residence |
| Colombo | Office |
| Dakar | Residence |
| Dakar | Office |
| Damascus | Residence |
| Dar Es Salaam | Residence |
| Dublin | Office |
| Dublin | Residence |
| Durban | Residence |
| Gaborone | Office |
| Gaborone | Residence |
| Georgetown | Office |
| Georgetown | Residence |
| Gothenburg | Residence |
| Guatemala City | Residence |
| Guatemala City | Office |
| Harare | Residence |
| Helsinki | Residence |
| Helsinki | Office |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Office |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Residence |
| Houston | Residence |
| Jakarta | Office |
| Jakarta | Residence |
| Jerusalem | Office |
| Jerusalem | Residence |
| Johannesburg | Residence |
| Karachi | Office |
| Karachi | Residence |
| Kathmandu | Office |
| Kathmandu | Residence |
| Khartoum | Residence |
| Khartoum | Office |
| Kigali | Office |
| Kingston | Residence |
| Kingston | Office |
| Kingstown | Office |
| Kingstown | Residence |
| Kinshasa | Residence |
| Kinshasa | Office |
| Kuala Lumpur | Residence |
| Kuala Lumpur | Office |
| La Paz | Office |
| La Paz | Residence |
| Lliongwe | Office |
| Lliongwe | Residence |
| Lima | Office |
| Lima | Residence |
| Lisbon | Residence |
| Lisbon | Office |
| Los Angeles | Residence |
| Luanda | Office |
| Luanda | Residence |
| Luxembourg | Residence |
| Lyon | Residence |
| Madras (Chennai) | Residence |
| Madras (Chennai) | Office |
| Madrid | Office |
| Madrid | Residence |
| Manila | Residence |
| Manila | Office |
| Maputo | Office |
| Maputo | Residence |
| Marseilles | Office |
| Mbabane | Office |
| Mbabane | Residence |
| Melbourne | Residence |
| Mexico City | Residence |
| Mexico City | Office |
| Montevideo | Residence |
| Montevideo | Office |
| Montreal | Residence |
| Munich | Residence |
| Nairobi | Residence |
| Naples | Office |
| Naples | Residence |
| Nassau | Residence |
| New York Jmo | Residence |
| Nicosia | Office |
| Nicosia | Residence |
| Oslo | Office |
| Oslo | Residence |
| Ottawa | Office |
| Ottawa | Residence |
| Palma | Office |
| Panama City | Office |
| Paris | Residence |
| Paris | Office |
| Perth | Residence |
| Plymouth | Office |
| Port Louis | Residence |
| Port Louis | Office |
| Port of Spain | Residence |
| Portimao | Office |
| Prague | Residence |
| Prague | Office |
| Pretoria | Office |
| Pretoria | Residence |
| Quito | Residence |
| Quito | Office |
| Rabat | Residence |
| Rangoon | Office |
| Rangoon | Residence |
| Reykjavik | Residence |
| Riga | Office |
| Riga | Residence |
| Rio De Janeiro | Residence |
| Rome | Residence |
| Rome | Office |
| San Francisco | Residence |
| San Jose | Residence |
| San Salvador | Residence |
| Santiago | Residence |
| Santiago | Office |
| Sao Paulo | Residence |
| Seattle | Residence |
| Seoul | Office |
| Seoul | Residence |
| Singapore | Office |
| Singapore | Residence |
| Skopje | Office |
| Sofia | Residence |
| St George's | Residence |
| St John's | Residence |
| St Petersburg | Office |
| St Petersburg | Residence |
| Stockholm | Office |
| Stockholm | Residence |
| Strasbourg | Residence |
| Suva | Office |
| Sydney | Residence |
| Tehran | Residence |
| Tehran | Office |
| Tel Aviv | Office |
| Tel Aviv | Residence |
| The Hague | Office |
| The Hague | Residence |
| Toronto | Residence |
| Vancouver | Residence |
| Victoria | Residence |
| Vienna | Office |
| Vienna | Residence (Ambassador) |
| Vienna | Residence (Head of UKMIS) |
| Vienna | Residence (Head of OSCE) |
| Vientiane | Residence |
| Vilnius | Office |
| Vilnius | Residence |
| Washington | Residence |
| Washington | Office |
| Wellington | Residence |
| Wellington | Office |
| Windhoek | Office |
| Windhoek | Residence |
| Yerevan | Office |
| Yerevan | Residence |
Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What plans they have to dispose of freehold real estate overseas which is used for British diplomatic missions.[HL990]
Baroness Amos: The FCO has disposed of or will dispose of the following properties from the diplomatic estate overseas in the current financial year (see below).
| Post | |||
| Africa | |||
| Cape Town | 2 residential properties | ||
| Dar es Salaam | 1 residential property | ||
| Lagos | 2 residential properties | ||
| Lilongwe | 6 residential properties | ||
| Lusaka | 1 residential property | ||
| Mbabane | 1 Office | ||
| Pretoria | 2 residential properties | ||
| Americas | |||
| Bogota | 6 residential properties | ||
| Bridgetown | 1 residential property | ||
| Buenos Aires | 1 residential property | ||
| Chicago | 1 residential property | ||
| Montevideo | 1 residential property | ||
| New York | 2 residential properties | ||
| Ottawa | 1 residential property | ||
| Port of Spain | 3 residential properties | ||
| Santiago | 1 residential property | ||
| Stanley | 1 residential property | ||
| Washington | 7 residential properties | ||
| Asia Pacific | |||
| Bombay | 2 residential properties | ||
| Jakarta | 1 residential property | ||
| Kuala Lumpur | 1 residential property | ||
| Singapore | Residence garden (surplus part) | ||
| Sydney | 1 residential property | ||
| European Union | |||
| Athens | 3 residential properties | ||
| Berlin | 1 residential property | ||
| Brussels | 2 residential properties | ||
| Dublin | 2 residential properties | ||
| Helsinki | 2 residential properties | ||
| Lyons | 1 residential property | ||
| Munich | 1 residential property | ||
| Paris | 13 residential properties | ||
| Stockholm | 1 residential property | ||
| The Hague | 3 residential properties | ||
| Vienna | 1 residential property | ||
| Wider Europe | |||
| Geneva | 1 residential property | ||
| Kiev | 1 residential property | ||
| Oslo | 1 residential property | ||
| Reykjavik | 1 residential property | ||
| Valletta | 1 residential property and 1 plot of land to rear | ||
| Middle East and North Africa | |||
| Cairo | 1 residential property | ||
| Muscat | 1 residential property | ||
| Tel Aviv | 2 residential properties | ||
Israel: Occupied Territories
The Earl of Sandwich asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they will ask the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention concerning the protection of civilians in time of war in the Occupied Territories to discuss Israel's alleged further violations of that convention.[HL998]
Baroness Amos: In line with the July 1999 agreement, the United Kingdom, together with our EU partners, has agreed in principle to the reconvening of the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to consider the development of the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Territories.
Population Policies
Lord Alton of Liverpool asked Her Majesty's Government:
- On what basis they maintain that the United Nations Population Fund monitors coercive population policies in the 47 counties referred to by Lord Grocott on the International Development Bill (H.L. Deb., 25 October, col. 1119); what data have been published and what monitoring takes place in the other 2,435 Chinese counties.[HL1055]
Baroness Amos: UNFPA's programme in China is the subject of close scrutiny. The fund seeks through its own routine monitoring to visit sites in all counties where it is providing support twice each year. Members of UNFPA's Executive Board including the United Kingdom, United States and EU member states, and developing countries have also made
external monitoring visits to programme areas on at least two occasions since 1999. Representatives from EU member state missions also maintain close interest in UNFPA's programme. US Congressional staff and officials from US missions in China have also made several visits to monitor UNFPA's work in China. UNFPA's new Executive Director, Dr Thoraya Obaid, is visiting China in December to review the programme.
UNFPA maintains a watching brief on non-UNFPA programme counties and reports allegations of abuses by family planning officials in other parts of China to the Chinese authorities. UNFPA also investigates specific allegations of abuse through independent mission visits. I will arrange for a copy of the report of the October 2001 mission to UNFPA programme counties in China, led by Dr Nicholas Biegman, former Dutch Ambassador to the United Nations, to be placed in the Library of the House.
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