Conventional Arms Working Group (Hansard, 16 February 1999)

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the dates of future meetings of Conventional Arms Working Group. [71066]

§ Mr. Tony Lloyd
The next meeting of COARM will take place on 18 March. The final COARM of the German Presidency is scheduled for 26 May but this date may be changed in order to avoid clashing with a meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement.
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§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the conclusions of the Conventional Arms Working Group meetings for December and January. [71048]

§ Mr. Tony Lloyd
Applications for access to Council documents can be made to the General Secretariat of the Council, which suggests to the Council what action should be taken on individual applications.
There are no formal conclusions of CFSP Working Group meetings. The outcome of proceedings of the COARM meeting on 28 January 1999 can be applied for from the Council Secretariat, under Council Decision 93/731/EC on access to Council documents. There was no COARM meeting in December 1998.

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the agendas of the Council of Ministers' Conventional Arms Working Group working group meetings for December and January. [71047]

§ Mr. Tony Lloyd
There was no COARM meeting in December 1998. The COARM meeting on 28 January discussed the implementation of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports; prevention of illicit arms trafficking to and within the Great Lakes region; and controls exercised by Member States on the trafficking and brokering of arms.