§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contribution the United Kingdom has made to the forty-seventh session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe since it opened in Geneva on 7 April.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe United Kingdom was represented at the 47th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe by the ambassador and permanent representative of the United Kingdom mission to the United Nations at Geneva, supported by others in the United Kingdom mission and a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Those representatives participated in the plenary and sessional committee proceedings of the 47th session and in concurrent informal negotiations on the drafting of decisions sponsored by the European Community and by non-EC member countries of UNECE. They also played and active part in the drafting of statements made by the Portuguese presidency, on behalf of the European Community and its member states.