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746626

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Kosovo: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to call the United Nations to account for the alleged violations of human rights law by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo in respect of the Kosovo Roma, as set out in the June 2016 report of the United Nations Human Rights Advisory Panel.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Government discusses issues relating to Kosovo and minority rights at the UN, and with international partners, on a regular basis. As part of the Government's support for UN reform, we want to ensure that there are robust systems in place to deal with such complaints. The UK hosted the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London in September 2016, which called for improvements in the '3Ps' of peacekeeping; better planning, pledges and performance, and specifically that all UN personnel deployed in UN peacekeeping operations be committed to the highest standards of conduct.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/07/2017 11:26:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

746624

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Kosovo: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Kosovo concerning amelioration of the situation of the Kosovo Roma, following the June 2016 report of the United Nations Human Rights Advisory Panel.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We are working with the Government of Kosovo on issues of minority rights including amongst the Roma community. Our Embassy in Pristina is supporting the return of displaced families from all communities – including the return of three Roma families who, by the end of this Financial Year, should be housed and in receipt of support packages.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/07/2017 11:27:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

746625

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Ukraine about (1) investigating the burning down of the Roma camp at 2 Kanalna Street, Kyiv on 5 April, and (2) the return and integration of the Roma residents.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of predominantly Roma settlements in Kyiv being destroyed and inhabitants evicted on 30 March and 5 April, we are not aware of reports of what efforts have been made to re-home those affected. We will investigate further and raise these incidents and what has been done to re-home and reintegrate those affected back in to their local communities with the authorities in Kyiv. I shall write to update you as this progresses.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/07/2017 11:30:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker