§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have recently been made in international bodies over the continued human rights abuses in Iran.
Mr. Douglas-HoggThe UN Secretary-General's special representative on human rights in Iran presented his latest report to the UN General Assembly in November. We and our EC partners co-sponsored the critical resolution reflecting his concerns, which was adopted on 18 December. The Edinburgh Council's conclusions on Iran at the EC summit in December made 393W it clear that improvement in Iran's human rights record, among other factors, will be important in determining the extent to which relations with and confidence in Iran can be developed.