§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries are subject to(a) political, (b) diplomatic, (c) trade and (d) economic sanctions and arms embargoes by the UK in consequence of their policies on (a) human rights and (b) their minority ethnic and religious groups. [69932]
§ Mr. MacShaneDetails of sanctions regimes, arms embargoes and restrictions on export of strategic goods by country and region can be found on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at the following address: http://fco.gov.uk/sanctions. The website currently lists 42 countries for which such measures have been implemented by the UN, EU, OSCE and UK.
The EU ban on the sale of defence equipment to China was one of a number of measures put in place following human rights abuses and the suppression of pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989. EU measures applied to Burma, Zimbabwe and those taken against Milosevic and those associated with him were all also imposed, at least in part, as a result of human rights abuses.
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what political, diplomatic, trade and economic sanctions the Government have had in place against the Government of the People's Republic of China since May 1997 in consequence of its policies on human rights, with particular reference to(a) Tibet and (b) its minority ethnic and religious groups. [69931]
§ Mr. MacShaneAn EU arms embargo has been in force against China since the suppression of pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen square in 1989.