Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - Mar 20
Wednesday, 21 March 2018 06:58
Extract from report stage (Lords) of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill
Lord Teverson (LD):...Turning to the voluntary offer agreements,
these agreements are only necessary—or only made—by the five
nuclear weapon states, or those that have declared as
such; India, Pakistan and Israel have separate arrangements. I
cannot imagine, however, that as a country that is one of the five
permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and that
stands for the upholding of international law...Request free trial
Extract from report stage
(Lords) of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill
(LD):...Turning to the voluntary offer
agreements, these agreements are only necessary—or only made—by the
five nuclear weapon states, or those that have declared as
such; India, Pakistan and Israel have separate
arrangements. I cannot imagine, however, that as a country that is
one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security
Council and that stands for the upholding of international law and
for the importance of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, we
would allow ourselves to go ahead without having concluded such an
agreement with the IAEA...
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Extract from Westminster
Hall debate on Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Sri
Lanka
(Sutton and Cheam) (Con):..When we were in
Geneva, we met representatives of the missions of Germany,
Macedonia, Canada, India and the EU mission itself. They all
seemed incredibly supportive of keeping the heat on Sri Lanka to
ensure that it adheres to the resolution that it co-sponsored. But
when we asked what would actually happen when we got to next year,
the answer was really a bit of a shrug of the shoulders: they could
come up with another resolution, or the UN Security Council might
be another way to do something, although that is a very different
arm of the UN—a very different instrument. Going down that route
would get us into a whole other dynamic of geopolitics. We are
talking about human rights, not necessarily security: two separate
issues...
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