§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last held a meeting with non-governmental organisations on arms control and disarmament issues; what non-governmental organisations were present; which subjects were covered; and if financial support was offered to the non-governmental organisations to help defray expenses in attending the meeting.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI held a meeting with non-governmental organisations interested in arms control and disarmament issues on 24 April. The following topics were covered at the meeting: SNF, nuclear non-proliferation, modernisation, the partial test ban treaty, conventional arms control, chemical weapons, international arms transfers, and East-West relations.
The following organisations took part: the Council for Education in World Citizenship, Church of England Board for Social Responsibility, the European Atlantic Movement, the National Peace Council, the Oxford Research Group, Peace Through NATO, Quaker Peace and Service, Scientists Against Nuclear Arms, the United Nations Association, Verification Technology Information Centre, the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, World Disarmament Campaign, International Peace Bureau, European Proliferation Information Centre, British Atlantic Committee, British Council of Churches, Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Centre for International Peace Building Studies, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Coalition for Peace Through Security, Committee for International Justice and Peace, Council for Arms Control, Council on Christian approaches to Defence and Disarmament.
No financial support was offered to representatives attending the meeting.