§ Lord Pearson of Rannochasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many working groups have been set up in Brussels to discuss matters of common interest to European Union member states under the Common Foreign and Security Policy; whether they will list the subjects under discussion by each group; and by whom each group was set up and to whom it reports. [HL25]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanThere are 28 working groups which discuss Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) matters.
The subjects covered by the groups are:
- Administrative Affairs
- Africa
- Armaments Policy
- Asia
- Central Europe
- Communications
- Consular Matters
- Conventional Arms Exports
- Drugs
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Euro-Med (Mashreq/Maghreb)
- Global Disarmament
- Human Rights
- Latin America
- Law of the Sea
- Mashreq/Maghreb
- Middle East/Gulf
- Middle East Peace Process
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation
- OSCE
- Policy Planning
- Protocol
- Public International Law
- Security
- South-East Europe
- Terrorism
- United Nations
- Western Balkans Region.
CFSP working groups are set up by the Presidency of the Council of the Union. They report to the Council of the Union.