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Peter Hain, FCO Minister, to Speak on United Nations Reform Date: Wednesday, 6th December 2000; 2.00pm – 5.00pm Venue: Public meeting at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London Lobbying in the House of Commons between 3.30pm – 7.00pm Today, Peter Hain MP, Minister of State for Foreign

Rachel Harford of Campaign Against Arms Trade said: It is shocking to learn that the Government is targeting India as a defence export market – describing it as one of the UK’s best-kept secrets. It is also appalling that at a time when India is under embargo by the US, the UK is not

Today Campaign Against Arms Trade has learnt that the Church of England has disinvested in GKN, a major arms export company with a record of sales to repressive regimes and developmentally needy countries. The Church has taken ‘ substantial review of the C of E’s investment in defence companies’. The Church’s Ethical Investment Advisory

Rachel Harford of Campaign Against Arms Trade said: Whilst we welcome the Government’s decision to bring in a system of licensing of arms brokers, as yet we have no details as to when this is to be introduced. Furthermore the government must complement such a system with regular end-use monitoring of arms sales. It

RAF Officer Advising Mercenaries Accused of Killing Civilians The UK Government is under fierce criticism following revelations that British armed forces have been working with mercenaries in Sierra Leone. A British squadron leader has been working with British mercenary Neil Ellis, who has previously worked for mercenary companies Sandline International and Executive Outcomes. Ellis

Government Criticised for Breach of Criteria on Arms Exports Campaign Against Arms Trade today welcomed the recommendations set out by the Quadrapartite Committee’s second report on Strategic Export Controls. For the first time the committee has made recommendations for prior parliamentary scrutiny of licence signing for arms exports which would allow for

CAAT and TAPOL Call for Immediate Re-imposition of Ban on Arms Sales Campaign Against Arms Trade and TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign are demanding an immediate re-imposition of the arms embargo on Indonesia. Reports in today’s Independent state that British-made armoured vehicles have been used by Indonesian armed forces in support

Cross Party Letter to Government Non-Governmental Organisations including Campaign Against Arms Trade, The Corner House, Friends of the Earth, Kurdish Human Rights Project, World Development Movement, and the World-wide Fund For Nature have joined together to produce a memorandum on the reform of the Export Credits Guarantee Department. The memorandum outlines the