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891328

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the conference on peace in Afghanistan held in Tashkent on 26-27 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Tashkent conference helps maintain momentum following the the Kabul Process meeting in February at which President Ghani offered talks with the Taliban without preconditions. The Tashkent conference also helped boost ties between Afghanistan and Central Asia. The Prime Minister's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan attended on behalf of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 01/05/2018 15:12:15 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891329

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations
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 assessment he has made of the Afghan Government's progress on securing bilateral peace talks with the Taliban.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We welcome President Ghani's offer for talks with the Taliban without preconditions, as have all key regional and international stakeholders and at the United Nations. We believe that there is no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan, and that a political process, owned and led by Afghans, is the only way to a better future for the country. We support the approach to peace taken by the Afghan Government, including the successful meeting of the Kabul Process on 28 February.</p><p>The Taliban have yet to respond publicly to President Ghani's offer. It is important that this bold initiative is supported even in the face of violence. The UK - along with all regional and international partners - continue to call upon the Taliban to engage. They must face the fact that continued war is not in the interests of the Afghan people; that the war cannot be won; and that the route to address any grievances is through dialogue rather than violence</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 01/05/2018 15:20:23 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891330

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the voter registration process in Afghanistan since the launch of that process by the country's Independent Election Commission on 14 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We welcomed the announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) that parliamentary and district elections will be held on 20 October 2018. The UK and other donors are working with the IEC, the Government of Afghanistan and civil society to support the electoral process. A new voter registration system is currently being rolled out: this is a challenging task.</p><p>Afghanistan continues to face significant challenges on security. The relevant Afghan authorities are receiving support with security planning for the voter registration process and the elections from NATO Resolute Support Mission, which the UK is part of. The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific strongly condemned the attack on a voter registration centre in Kabul on 22 April. President Ghani has pledged to increase security at voter registration centres across the country. We are monitoring progress closely on voter registration but it is too early to make a full assessment at this stage.</p><p>We call upon all stakeholders to work together to implement the essential electoral reform and allow the Afghan people to have their rightful say in the future of their country.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 137990 137991 question first answered 01/05/2018 15:27:29 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891331

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Electoral Register
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 assessment he has made of the progress of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission towards completing the process of issuing the necessary ID documents to prospective voters in advance of forthcoming parliamentary and district council elections in that country.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We welcomed the announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) that parliamentary and district elections will be held on 20 October 2018. The UK and other donors are working with the IEC, the Government of Afghanistan and civil society to support the electoral process. A new voter registration system is currently being rolled out: this is a challenging task.</p><p>Afghanistan continues to face significant challenges on security. The relevant Afghan authorities are receiving support with security planning for the voter registration process and the elections from NATO Resolute Support Mission, which the UK is part of. The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific strongly condemned the attack on a voter registration centre in Kabul on 22 April. President Ghani has pledged to increase security at voter registration centres across the country. We are monitoring progress closely on voter registration but it is too early to make a full assessment at this stage.</p><p>We call upon all stakeholders to work together to implement the essential electoral reform and allow the Afghan people to have their rightful say in the future of their country.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 137989 137991 question first answered 01/05/2018 15:27:29 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891332

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of recent attacks by militant groups on voter-registration centres in (a) Kabul and (b) the Afghan provinces for the prospects of (i) registering the target number of voters within the planned timescales and (ii) completing the voter-registration process and the elections themselves in a safe and secure environment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We welcomed the announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) that parliamentary and district elections will be held on 20 October 2018. The UK and other donors are working with the IEC, the Government of Afghanistan and civil society to support the electoral process. A new voter registration system is currently being rolled out: this is a challenging task.</p><p>Afghanistan continues to face significant challenges on security. The relevant Afghan authorities are receiving support with security planning for the voter registration process and the elections from NATO Resolute Support Mission, which the UK is part of. The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific strongly condemned the attack on a voter registration centre in Kabul on 22 April. President Ghani has pledged to increase security at voter registration centres across the country. We are monitoring progress closely on voter registration but it is too early to make a full assessment at this stage.</p><p>We call upon all stakeholders to work together to implement the essential electoral reform and allow the Afghan people to have their rightful say in the future of their country.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 137989 137990 question first answered 01/05/2018 15:27:30 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891333

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Crimes against Humanity
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 discussions his Department has had with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on her preliminary inquiries into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Afghanistan since that country's accession to the Rome Statute; what assessment he has made of the progress of the that Court in considering representations submitted by victims of alleged crimes under the Rome Statute prior to the 31 January 2018 deadline; and what the timetable is for that Court to make a decision on the Chief Prosecutor's request for permission to initiate a full investigation of such allegations.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is an active supporter of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and engages regularly with the Court on a range of issues. A UK delegation was present when the Prosecutor presented her report on preliminary examinations activities at the ICC Assembly of States Parties in December 2017. The report summarised the work of the Chief Prosecutor's office into the Afghanistan situation, including the recent request for authorisation to proceed with an investigation. The Pre-Trial Chamber judges will assess the Prosecutor's evidence and victims' representations, in order to decide whether the Statute's criteria to authorise opening an investigation have been fulfilled. The UK respects the independence of the judges and trusts that they will reach their decision in a timely manner, but notes there are no specific time limits provided in the Rome Statute, the ICC's Rules of Procedure, or the ICC's Regulations for a decision to authorise an investigation.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 03/05/2018 15:46:54 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891334

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Afghanistan: Crimes against Humanity
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 his counterpart in Afghanistan urging the Government of that country to co-operate fully with the preliminary inquiries of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since Afghanistan's accession to the Rome Statute.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>British Government officials regularly meet senior officials in the Government of Afghanistan to discuss compliance with international rule of law to help deliver stability and security for the Afghan population. This is also core to all security and justice training and advisory activity between the UK and Afghanistan.</p><p>In December 2017, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor published her annual report on preliminary examination activities at the ICC, which included a summary of the work of her Office into the Afghanistan situation. The report stated that the Government of Afghanistan has made recent efforts to build its capacity to meet its obligations under the ICC Statute, which the UK welcomes.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 03/05/2018 15:49:18 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891335

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Madagascar: Politics and Government
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 his counterpart in Madagascar on the police response to protests held by opposition activists in Antananarivo on 21 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>​In response to the events of 21 April in Antananarivo, the UK, France, Germany and the EU issued a joint public statement on 22 April. This condemned the violence and called on all political actors to act responsibly. It also called for the rights of freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly to be respected. Our Ambassador in Madagascar, along with other international partners, have made representations at the highest level regarding this, as well as for the constitutionality of the electoral process to be respected, and for the elections themselves to be conducted in a free, fair, transparent and inclusive manner. The UK will work closely with SADC and other international partners on the ground in Antananarivo to support dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the current political tensions. The first round of dialogue took place on 25 April in advance of the deployment of envoys from SADC, the AU and the UN. During SADC’s most recent visit to Antananarivo on 3 April, their delegation met with our Ambassador and with the key Malagasy political actors, and stressed the importance of stability in the run-up to elections.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 03/05/2018 15:54:22 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891336

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Madagascar: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of electoral laws adopted by the Parliament of Madagascar in April 2018 for the prospects of conducting the forthcoming Presidential election in that country in a free, fair and transparent manner.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>A comprehensive legal analysis of the electoral codes was prepared by technical legal experts and provided to the EU and its member states, including the UK, in Madagascar. We, along with our international partners, have called for the constitutionality of the electoral processes to be respected, and for the elections themselves to be conducted in a free, fair, transparent and inclusive manner.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/04/2018 16:08:25 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891337

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Madagascar: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help promote dialogue between the Government of Madagascar and members of the opposition on the electoral laws recently adopted by that country's Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>​In response to the events of 21 April in Antananarivo, the UK, France, Germany and the EU issued a joint public statement on 22 April. This condemned the violence and called on all political actors to act responsibly. It also called for the rights of freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly to be respected. Our Ambassador in Madagascar, along with other international partners, have made representations at the highest level regarding this, as well as for the constitutionality of the electoral process to be respected, and for the elections themselves to be conducted in a free, fair, transparent and inclusive manner. The UK will work closely with SADC and other international partners on the ground in Antananarivo to support dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the current political tensions. The first round of dialogue took place on 25 April in advance of the deployment of envoys from SADC, the AU and the UN. During SADC’s most recent visit to Antananarivo on 3 April, their delegation met with our Ambassador and with the key Malagasy political actors, and stressed the importance of stability in the run-up to elections.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 03/05/2018 15:58:35 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry