§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the oral answer of 25 March 1998,Official Report, column 489, what are the date and agenda for the next meeting of the Afghan Donors Group. [37712]
§ Mr. FoulkesThe date of the next meeting of the Afghan donors group is 5 May 1998. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- Human rights and gender
- The political and security situation in Afghanistan
- Strategic Framework and international assistance strategy
- Drugs control
- Any other business.
§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the oral answer of 25 March 1998,Official Report, column 489, what is the composition of the Afghan Donors Group. [37711]
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§ Mr. FoulkesThe Afghanistan Donor Support Group is an informal grouping of donors. Representatives of the following countries and organisations attended the last meeting, held in New York, and have been invited to the London meeting:
- Australia, Canada, Denmark, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States;
- United Nations
- Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (formerly Department of Humanitarian Affairs)
- Department of Peace Keeping Operations
- Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
- Department of Political Affairs
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
- United Nations Special Mission for Afghanistan
- United Nations Children's Fund
- Food and Agriculture Organisation
- World Health Organisation
- World Food Programme
- United Nations Development Fund for Women
- United Nations Drug Control Programme
- United Nations Population Fund
- United Nations Staff College
- World Bank
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Agency for Co-ordinating Afghan Relief
- International Organisation for Migration.