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Nuclear Disarmament

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN HL6334, tabled on 23 February 2016

Question

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to attend the UN Open Ended Working Group on nuclear disarmament which takes place from 22 to 26 February.

Answer

Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Conservative
Life peer
Lords

Answered on

2 March 2016

The UK is not attending the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on nuclear disarmament in Geneva. The UK, along with the four other Non-Proliferation Treaty Nuclear Weapons States, voted against the resolution establishing the OEWG at the UN General Assembly First Committee. The Government believes that productive results can only be ensured through a consensus-based approach that takes into account the wider global security environment.

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