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886390

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date	18/04/2018
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	Western Sahara: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will help ensure the UN peacekeeping mission to Western Sahara is given a mandate to monitor and report on human rights abuses in the region at the next meeting of the UN Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working with our UN Security Council partners to ensure that the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) continues to enable it to promote peace and security in Western Sahara. We have consistently supported language in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to encourage the parties to continue their efforts to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in Western Sahara.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/04/2018 14:15:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

886391

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Western Sahara: Natural Resources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Moroccan counterpart on the extraction of natural resources from occupied Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not consider that Western Sahara is occupied; we consider that its status is undetermined. We look to all parties in Western Sahara, including businesses, to conduct their activities in accordance with international law, respecting the interests of the people of Western Sahara. I discussed with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Mr Nasser Bourita, in January the UK's desire for a lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the dispute over Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of the people of the territory.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/04/2018 14:17:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

886392

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Western Sahara: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his officials will call for a date to be set for a free and fair referendum to be carried out in Western Sahara at the next meeting of the UN Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working with our UN Security Council partners to support the UN-led process to reach a solution to the dispute over Western Sahara. The UK wants to see a lasting and mutually acceptable solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. It is for the parties to the dispute to agree a solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/04/2018 14:19:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe