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1054885

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date	04/02/2019
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	Colombia: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on the recent incidents of terrorism in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	216160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK swiftly condemned last month's car bomb attack in Bogotá and offered condolences to the families of the victims, including through a UK-drafted statement by the Security Council. In the week following the attack, the UK used its position as pen-holder at the UN on the Colombian peace process to draft another Security Council statement reiterating our condemnation of terrorist violence and reiterating the Security Council's full support for implementation of the FARC Peace Agreement. Karen Pierce, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN, met Colombian Foreign Minister Holmes Trujillo to pledge our continued support for the FARC Peace Agreement and to discuss the way forward regarding the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the wake of the 17 January attack.</p><p>I have met Mr Holmes Trujillo twice over the past two weeks: first in New York on 26 January at the UN Security Council, then in Ottawa on 4 February for a Lima Group meeting. On both occasions, I took the opportunity to offer our unwavering support to the Colombian authorities as they seek to ensure sustainable peace in Colombia.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/02/2019 14:45:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1054887

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date	04/02/2019
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	Iraq: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions has he had with the Iraqi Government on the effect of its new education curriculum on practising religious minorities in that country.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	216161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting the Government of Iraq as it completes formalisation of the Cabinet and we look forward to the announcement of a Minister for High Education. I recently visited Iraq and met with representatives from the Iraqi Government including the Prime Minister; Adil Abdul Mehdi and President Barham Salih where I reinforced the importance of reintegration of minority communities to ensure stabilisation.</p><p>Our Ambassador in Iraq, Jon Wilks, met with a representative from the Iraqi Government recently where discussion centred on Iraq's plans and priorities for Education, and future arrangements where the British and Iraqi Higher Education Institutions might work together. The British Council EC Schools Capacity Building Project in Primary and Secondary Education has developed a Human Rights curriculum, with the Ministry of Education, which they are hoping to pilot in Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Anbar and other provinces.</p><p>I am aware that recently the Kurdistan Regional Government began discussions on teaching the history of all religions and we welcome these discussions.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/02/2019 16:55:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1054888

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date	04/02/2019
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	Morocco: Freedom of Expression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Morrocco on respect for fundamental freedoms including religious expression and association in that country.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	216162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Moroccan Constitution contains provisions that guarantee freedom of thought, expression, and assembly. We discuss human rights with the Moroccan authorities and raise concerns where appropriate. We have not made specific representations to the Moroccan Government relating to religious expression and association.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/02/2019 16:27:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn