§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which independent countries of the world the United Kingdom is Unrepresented by career members of the diplomatic service.
§ Mr. GoodladThere is currently no resident representation by career members of the diplomatic service in the following independent countries: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Laos, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldavia, Monaco, Nauru, Niger, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Surinam, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Western Samoa. Total countries: 49.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which countries his Office is represented solely by locally engaged staff.
§ Mr. GoodladThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office is currently represented solely by locally engaged staff and/or honorary consuls in 28 independent countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Surinam, Togo, Western Samoa.
In three of those countries it is represented solely by locally engaged staff: Afghanistan, Burundi, Kiribati.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which posts of his office have been reduced since 1990; and by how many staff.
§ Mr. GoodladThe information is in the table:
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FCO posts overseas Reductions in United Kingdom based staff 1990–94 Country Post Reduction Algeria Algiers 3.0 Antigua Antigua 1.0 Australia Canberra 6.0 Austria Vienna 3.0 Austria Vienna CSCE 4.0 Bahamas Nassau 5.0 Bangladesh Dhaka 11.0 Barbados Bridgetown 5.0 Belgium Brussels 6.0 Belgium Brussels JMO 2.0 Belgium Brusselsukrp 4.0 Bolivia La Paz 1.0 Brazil Sao Paulo 1.0 Bulgaria Sofia 2.0 Burma Rangoon 2.0 Cameroon Yaounde 2.0 Canada Montreal 1.0 Chile Santiago 2.0 China Peking 3.0 China Shanghai 1.0 Costa Rica San Jose 1.0 Cuba Havana 5.0 139W
Country Post Reduction Cyprus Nicosia 2.0 Czech Republic Prague 8.0 Denmark Copenhagen 2.0 Ecuador Quito 2.0 Egypt Alexandria 1.0 Egypt Cairo 4.0 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2.0 Fiji Suva1 1.0 Finland Helsinki 6.0 France Lyons 1.0 France Marseilles 1.0 France Paris 14.0 Germany Berlin 28.0 Germany Bonn 12.0 Germany Dusseldorf 4.0 Ghana Greece 3.0 Guyana Accra 2.0 Athens Georgetown 2.0 Honduras Tegucigalpa 1.0 Hungary Budapest 5.0 India Calcutta 2.0 India New Delhi 10.0 Iraq Baghdad 15.0 Italy Rome 3.0 Jamaica Kingston 4.0 Kenya Nairobi 5.0 Kuwait Kuwait 1.0 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 3.0 Malta Valletta 1.0 Mauritius Port Louis 2.0 Mexico Mexico City 3.5 Morocco Rabat 3.0 Netherlands The Hague 1.0 Nigeria Lagos 5.0 Norway Oslo 2.0 Oman Muscat 1.0 Pakistan Karachi 3.0 Panama Panama City 1.0 Paraguay Asuncion 1.0 Peru Lima 1.0 Poland Warsaw 7.0 Qatar Doha 1.0 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 2.0 Senegal Dakar 1.0 Sierra Leone Freetown 1.0 Singapore Singapore 5.0 Solomon Islands Honiara 1.0 South Africa Pretoria 3.5 Spain Barcelona 1–0 Spain Madrid 3.0 Sri Lanka Colombo 1.0 Sudan Khartoum 8.0 Sweden Stockholm 1.0 Switzerland Berne 1.0 Switzerland Geneva Ukdel 0.5 Switzerland Geneva Ukmis 1.5 Tanzania Dar Es Salaam 1.0 Trinidad Port of Spain 2.0 Turkey Ankara 2.0 Turkey Istanbul 3.0 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1.0 United Arab Emirates Dubai 4.0 Uruguay Montevideo 5.0 United States of America Chicago 3.0 United States of America Los Angeles 1.0 United States of America New York Btio 4.5 United States of America New York Cg 1.5 United States of America New York Imo 6.0 United States of America Washington 47.0 Venezuela Caracas 3.0 Yugoslavia Belgrade 3.0 Zaire Kinshasa 5.0 Zambia Lusaka 5.0 Zimbabwe Harare 3.0 Kiribati Tarawa 1.0 Congo Brazzaville 1.0 Canada Edmonton 1.0 Gabon Libreville 2.0
Country Post Reduction Somalia Mogadishu 3.0 Liberia Monovia 3.0 Afganistan Kabul 6.0 Nigeria Kaduna 3.0 Yemen Aden 3.0
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs where his Department proposes to open new posts during the coming year.
§ Mr. GoodladThere are no plans at present to open new posts staffed by United Kingdom-based officers. However, discussions are well advanced with the Japanese and South Korean authorities about proposals to open trade offices staffed by locally engaged officers in Nagoya and Pusan respectively.