§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the United Kingdom will be represented at the United Nations conference on human rights to be held in Vienna on 14 to 18 June; who will be in the delegation; what criteria will be used for the selection of United Kingdom delegates; and what guidelines delegates will be given.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe shall be represented at the second world conference on human rights in Vienna, from 14 to 25 June, by a delegation consisting of Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials with expertise in the field of human rights, including the United Kingdom permanent representative to the United Nations at Geneva, and representatives of interested dependent territories. It will be led by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State or myself. The aims of the delegation are to promote universal adherence to existing standards, to explore ways to improve their implementation, and to examine the relationship between human rights, democracy and development.