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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750784", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750784/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The British Government was disappointed that Taiwan was not permitted to observe the World Health Assembly this year. We will continue to make the UK position clear: we support Taiwanese participation in international organisations where there is precedent for involvement, where Taiwan can contribute to the global good, and where there is no pre-requisite of nationhood for participation. Given the global reach and often rapid spread of global health emergencies it is of particular importance that all relevant administrations be invited to engage in the World Health Assembly, to ensure that discussions on Global Health Security can benefit from their valuable experience and expertise.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/474", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750822", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750822/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I am concerned about reports of ongoing unrest and violence in India-administered Kashmir. The FCO continues to closely monitor the situation. The long standing position of the UK is that it is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting resolution to the situation in Kashmir, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people. It is not for the UK to prescribe a solution or to act as a mediator.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Imran Hussain"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750914", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750914/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I have not raised the issue of financial contributions to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe with my Russian counterpart. The amount each participating State pays to the organisation is calculated based on a scale of assessment. Efforts to amend that scale are ongoing. The UK argues strongly in these discussions that a new scale should be based on the capacity to pay, applying the UN methodology based on Gross National Income (GNI). Adoption of this new scale would result in increased contributions from a number of countries including Russia.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/343", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on that country increasing its funding contribution to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750916", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750916/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The United Kingdom's assessed contributions to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Unified (regular) Budget IS 9.35% of the total budget. It is paid in Euros and in the last ten years were approximately as in the table:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Cost<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac16.4m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.5m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.4m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.9m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.7m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.7m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac15.2m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.3m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.3m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac14.6m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The United Kingdom's contributions to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine AT 11.9%, which is funded separately from the Unified Budget as specified in its mandate, since it's commencement in 2014 were approximately as in the table:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Year Costs<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac3,513,923m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac7,208,500m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u20ac8,328,589m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>(Estimated) \u20ac8,084,743m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Additionally, the United Kingdom has provided voluntary contributions towards the deployment of election observers to various ODIHR missions across the OSCE in the last ten years approximately as in the table:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Cost<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>£144,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>£200,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>£660,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>£279,903<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>£304,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>£398,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>£619,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>£583,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>£571,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>£104,000 (to end June 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The UK has also contributed bilateral funding to various OSCE implemented projects over the past ten years. Funding for these projects were agreed on a case by case basis and there is no central record of all the contributions held.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750917/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We have not made representations to the US Government on the level of their assistance to Tunisia. UK support to Tunisia has risen to £10 million for this year.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749237", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749237/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>EU Observers (EU Monitoring Mission) patrol the Abkhaz and South Ossetian Administrative Boundary Lines (ABLs) on a daily basis but are not permitted by the de facto authorities or Russian forces to cross over into non Tbilisi Administered Territory, despite it being part of their mandate. There are 12 British nationals working in the EUMM (nine funded by Her Majesty's Government, three by the EU). The British Embassy in Tbilisi receive regular briefings from the EUMM about the situation on the ground. The EUMM has reported an increase in \u2018borderisation\u2019 activity such as fencing and signage along the ABLs over the last few months, which we believe run contrary to international efforts to find a sustainable solution.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"}
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      ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Russia has, in the past 12 months, further increased the area of Georgia which it controls; whether there are EU observers on the temporary border between Georgia and that part of Georgia occupied by Russia; and what representations they have made to Russia in the past 12 months about encroachments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/657", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Kilclooney"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Kilclooney"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/748824", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/748824/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific held a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador on 5 July in which he made clear that the UK Government did not accept the position of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson that the Joint Declaration was an historical document of no practical significance. He stressed, as a guarantor of the Joint Declaration, the UK Government regarded it as legitimate to continue to issue a six-monthly report to the House on Hong Kong affairs.<\/p><p>The Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Beijing also raised Her Majesty's Government's concerns with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 5 July stressing that the Joint Declaration is a legally binding treaty, registered with the UN. As a co-signatory, the UK Government is committed to monitoring its implementation closely.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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