UN Mercenaries Convention

HC Deb 27 March 1995 vol 257 c441W

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans Her Majesty's Government have to ratify the UN convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries. [16526]

Mr. David Davis

We have no plans to ratify the UN convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries that have not ratified the international convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries. [16530]

Mr. David Davis

We have no plans to ratify the UN convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries. The latest information that we have on countries that have ratified the convention is from 31 December 1993. At that time no states except three, the Maldives, Suriname and Ukraine had ratified the convention.