Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL697):
Question:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure the UN Security Council supports the work of Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea; and what assessment they have made of the recommendations in his report Tigray Situation Update, published on 3 June. (HL697)
Tabled on: 07 June 2021
Answer:
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:
We note and welcome the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteur in his report on the situation in Eritrea. We fully support all efforts to fulfil his mandate as stated by the UK’s Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council.
Date and time of answer: 21 Jun 2021 at 11:45.
