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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-06-09more like thismore than 2014-06-09
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading North Korea more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations on supporting the broadcasting of accessible information in to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea in paragraph 1224 of the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in that country. more like this
tabling member constituency Congleton more like this
tabling member printed
Fiona Bruce remove filter
uin 199759 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-06-16more like thismore than 2014-06-16
answer text <p>We have taken note of the UN Commission of Inquiry recommendation that civil society be supported to broadcast accessible information. We have helped to facilitate contact between BBC Worldwide and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) broadcasting authorities, to explore the possibility of the BBC supplying a range of programmes to the DPRK.</p><p>Through our Embassy in Pyongyang, the UK is also one of the few countries which is able to engage directly with the DPRK. This complements the efforts of others who are already broadcasting into North Korea. The recent report of the UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights in North Korea recognised the importance of both approaches.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Devon more like this
answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-06-16T13:42:59.7181441Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-16T13:42:59.7181441Z
answering member
1408
label Biography information for Lord Swire more like this
tabling member
3958
label Biography information for Fiona Bruce more like this