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Oslo Process Conference

Volume 472: debated on Friday 29 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK representatives are attending the Oslo Process conference in New Zealand from 18 to 22 February 2008; and if he will make a statement. (189449)

Eleven UK representatives were accredited. Five were officials based at our high commission in Wellington, of whom three actually attended conference events. Four officials travelled from the UK—two from the Ministry of Defence, one from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and one from the Department for International Development. Two officials from the UK Permanent Representation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva attended the conference, including the head of delegation, ambassador John Duncan.