HC Deb 04 November 1997 vol 300 c168W
Jane Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current human rights situations in Kenya and Uganda. [13927]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

We strongly believe that the Governments of Kenya and Uganda should meet their obligations under the international human rights instruments to which they are parties. I raised the human rights situation in Kenya, including the concerns set out by Amnesty International, with President Moi and Attorney General Wako when I visited Nairobi in June. In Uganda we have condemned atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army against the Acholi people in the north. We continue to make clear to the Ugandan Government that operations by their security forces must conform with international human rights standards.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the United Kingdom's European partners on the repeal of article 223 of the treaty of Rome. [13857]

Mr. Doug Henderson

There have been no such discussions.