HC Deb 16 June 1998 vol 314 cc199-200W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings have taken place between embassy staff in Mexico City and human rights groups; and if he will list the organisations with which contact has been made. [45566]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

During the last 12 months, members of the Embassy have had direct contact with the following 33 human rights NGOs:

Academia Mexicana de Derechos Humanos

Accion de los Cristianos para la Abolicion de la Tortura (ACAT)

Agrupacion de Derechos Humanos Xochitepetl—Veracruz

Alianza Civica—Campeche

Asistencia Social Municipal—Puebla

Casa de Alegria—Merida

Casa Alianza—Mexico

Canica—Street children project in Oaxaca

Centro de Derechos Humanos—Miguel Agustin Pro—(PRODH)

Centro Estudios Juridicos y Sociales-Aguascalientes

Centro de Promocion y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos

Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos—Chiapas

Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos—Chihuahua

Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos—Durango

Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos—Puebla

Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos—Quintana Roo

Comision de Derechos Takachihualis—Puebla

Comision de Solidaridad y Defensa de Los Derechos Humanos—Chihuahua (COS YDDHAC)

Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos

Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH)

Comision de Derechos Humanos DF—Mexico City

Comite de Derechos Humanos del Valle de Tehuacan—Puebla

Comite parroquial de Derechos Humanos Martin de Tours—Puebla

DEMOS—Umbrella of Social Action Initiatives

FOCO—Umbrella group of Civil Rights and Charity groups in the State of Oaxaca

Fray Bartolome de las Casas—Chiapas

Frente nacional Zapatista de Liberation Nactional—Chiapas fundacion Pro ninos de la Calle

Global Exchange—Chiapas

Instituto Gerrerense de Derechos Humanos

JUCONI

OXFAM

SIPAZ—Chiapas

Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer—Mexico City and Jalapa.

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what official visits to the Chiapas region of Mexico have been made by officials from the UK embassy in Mexico City in the last year; and if he will make a statement. [45565]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

The following members of the Embassy have made official visits to Chiapas in the last year:

Deputy Head of Mission: 6–9 October 1997

First Secretary (Political/Economic): 24–29 January 1998

Vice-Consul: 29 March-1 April 1998

First Secretary (Political/Economic): 17–18

April 1998 Defence Attaché: 15–18 June 1998.

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