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Ministerial meetings with outside interest groups
As part of a response to a report of the Public Administration Select Committee, the Government is committed to , as a further step towards greater transparency, public on-line information about ministerial meetings with outside interest groups on a quarterly basis. This is effective from 1 October 2009. Read the Government response (pdf)
Meetings held between FCO Ministers and outside interest groups from 1 January to 31 March 2010
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Name of Interest Group |
Reason for Meeting |
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Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Sudan |
To discuss Sudan |
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Royal Society |
Speech on climate change |
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Business for New Europe |
Launch of Manifesto |
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Standard Chartered Bank |
To discuss global economy and foreign affairs |
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Virgin Group |
To discuss global economy and foreign affairs |
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Global Tamil Forum |
To discuss Sri Lanka |
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Kenyan Mau Mau claimants |
To discuss legal claim |
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UK India Round Table |
To discuss UK India relations |
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Amnesty International, Article 19, Equality Now, Human Rights Watch, Penal Reform International, Save the Children, Saferworld, Womankind |
Launch of the Annual Human Rights Report |
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Reform Judaism |
To discuss general issues with an international perspective |
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Ivan Lewis MP |
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9 February |
Burma Campaign UK |
To discuss human rights issues in Burma |
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Chris Bryant MP |
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21 January |
FCO-TUC Advisory Council Meeting |
To discuss range of issues with international perspectives |
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1 February |
Euclid Network |
To discuss British Third Sector in European context |
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3 February |
Blue Marine Foundation |
To discuss BIOT Marine Protected Area |
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8 February |
Amnesty International |
To discuss Venezuela and Colombia |
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Baroness Kinnock |
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7 January |
Chatham House |
To discuss Africa |
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19 January |
Caribbean Business members, UK operators and Caribbean High Commissioners roundtable |
To discuss Caribbean business issues |
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20 January |
Nigerian diaspora |
To discuss Nigeria |
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21 January |
FCO-TUC Advisory Council Meeting |
To discuss range of issues with international perspectives |
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2 February |
Human Rights Watch |
To discuss human rights issues in Africa |
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5 February |
Special Representative of the UNSG in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
To discuss DRC and MONUC |
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19 February |
Global Witness |
To discuss the Minister’s trip to Sudan and conflict in eastern DRC |
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10 March |
Westminster Foundation for Democracy |
To discuss WFD programmes |
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10 March |
UNICEF |
To discuss the UN and Africa |
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11 March |
OXFAM |
To discuss Africa |
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15 March |
Human Rights Watch |
To discuss Africa |
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17 March |
Amnesty International, Article 19, Equality Now, Human Rights Watch, Penal Reform International, Save the Children, Saferworld, Womankind |
Launch of the Annual Human Rights Report |
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18 March |
Trust for African Schools |
To discuss TAS project in Kenya |
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18 March |
Roundtable with Human Rights Watch, Aegis Trust, Waging Peace, IRC-UK, Christian Aid, Saferworld, OSI, Diocese of Salisbury, Amnesty International, The Elders, Oxfam, World Vision, Crisis Action |
To discuss Sudan |
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31 March |
Action Aid |
To discuss international work on violence against girls and women |
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31 March |
Roundtable with Human Rights Watch, UNIFEM UK, NIWEP, Amnesty UK, International Alert, GAPS, Action Aid UK, Widows for Peace through Democracy, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform, International Action Network on Small Arms, Women for Women International, Amnesty International Northern Ireland |
To discuss UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security |
List of ministerial meetings with outside interest groups 1 October - 31 December 2009
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Date of Meeting |
Name of Organisation |
Purpose of Meeting |
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Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon David Miliband MP |
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21 October |
GLOBE and Chinese delegation |
To discuss climate change |
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27 October |
Peace Brigades International |
To discuss human rights in Colombia |
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10 November |
GMB and TUC |
To discuss general issues |
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11 November |
Made in Africa |
To discuss Africa |
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2 December |
World Economic Forum |
To discuss the economy |
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8 December |
Trades Union Congress |
To discuss general issues |
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9 December |
Centre for European Reform |
To discuss the European Union |
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17 December |
International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament |
To discuss nuclear issues |
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17 December |
Iraq Human Rights Forum |
To discuss human rights in Iraq |
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Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead |
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26 October |
ONE International |
To discuss the ONE campaign |
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9 November |
Caribbean Diaspora |
To discuss Caribbean issues |
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10 November |
ONE World Action |
To discuss forthcoming ONE World reception |
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12 November |
Human Rights Watch |
To discuss Africa |
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16 November |
Landmine Action |
To discuss cluster munitions |
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18 November |
Save the Children Fund |
To discuss CHOGM |
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19 November |
Trades Union Congress |
To discuss CHOGM |
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1 December |
Westminster Foundation for Democracy |
To discuss the Westminster Foundation for Democracy |
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7 December |
UN Association |
To discuss UN Association-UK’s activities |
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14 December |
Amnesty International |
To discuss human rights |
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16 December |
Cluster Munitions Coalition, Landmine Action, Amnesty UK and Oxfam |
To discuss the Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill |
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17 December |
Aegis Trust, Christian Aid, Crisis Action, Oxfam International, All Party Group on Sudan, Waging Peace, Saferworld, Open Society Institute, and Church of England |
To discuss Sudan |
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17 December |
Overseas Development Organisation |
To discuss a number of current development programmes |
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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Chris Bryant MP |
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1 October |
Trades Union Congress |
To discuss Colombia |
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20 November |
Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe |
Introductory meeting |
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20 November |
Unite Union |
To discuss Colombia |
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26 November |
Unite Union |
To discuss Gibraltar |
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30 November |
University Association for Contemporary European Studies |
To discuss the launch of the Communicating European Citizenship project |
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Minister of State, Ivan Lewis MP |
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19 October |
China Africa Roundtable with British academics |
To discuss China’s role in Africa |
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20 October |
Council Arab Understanding |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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21 October |
Oxfam, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Christian Aid, and Medical Aid to Palestine |
To discuss MEPP and debrief NGOs after the visit to the region |
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21 October |
Students for Free Tibet UK, Free Tibet, Article 19 Tibet Society of the UK, Tibetans Community in Britain, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and Tibet Network International Campaign for Tibet |
To debrief NGOs after the visit to Tibet |
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9 November |
UK Israel Knesset Group |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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9 November |
Palestinian Groups |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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10 November |
One Voice students |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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10 November |
Jewish Groups |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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12 November |
Palestinian Groups |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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24 November |
All-Party Parliamentary Group for North Korea, Amnesty International, Birmingham University, Cambridge University, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide |
To discuss human rights in North Korea |
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24 November |
Trades Union Congress |
To discuss the Middle East Peace Process |
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24 November |
Trades Union Congress |
To discuss Iraq |
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16 December |
Burma NGOs |
To discuss Burma |