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date	24/04/2017
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	United Nations: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appointments, other than as employees, to UN committees and agencies are held by representatives or citizens nominated by the UK; and what are those positions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The 2016/2017 UN Handbook shows that there is one UK citizen on each of the following seven UN and UN agency committees:</p><ul><li>Committee on Contributions;</li><li>International Law Commission;</li><li>UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals;</li><li>Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters;</li><li>International Court of Justice;</li><li>Sub Committee on the Prevention of Torture (sub-committee of the Committee Against Torture);</li><li>Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/04/2017 12:26:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

717219

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
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	United Nations: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appointments to UN committees and agencies are held by representatives or citizens of the UK; and what are those positions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2017 answer text <p>The UN only publishes broad statistical data about the nationality of its employees. As of 31 December 2016, there were 866 UK citizens employed by the UN Secretariat. The last published data covering the UN system including the Secretariat plus UN funds, programmes and specialised agencies dates back to 31 December 2012 and shows a total of 2454 UK citizens employed at the time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/04/2017 13:31:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

717220

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
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	United Nations: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government to which UN committees and agencies they will nominate candidates in the coming year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has nominated two candidates for UN appointments to be decided in the coming year. These are Dr David Nabarro standing for Director General at the World Health Organisation; and Sir Christopher Greenwood, standing for re-election as a judge at the International Courts of Justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/04/2017 13:31:30 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger