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Baroness Anelay visits 皇冠体育app Hague

Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay visited 皇冠体育app Hague on 28 and 29 January

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE
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29 January 2016
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During a two day visit to 皇冠体育app Hague, Baroness Anelay met with International Trade and Development Minister Lilianne Ploumen, senior representatives of the international legal institutions and the Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet 脺z眉mc眉.

Following the visit Baroness Anelay said:

I am pleased to have been able to reaffirm the UK鈥檚 support for the institutions in the international city of peace and justice. I place great value on the work done in 皇冠体育app Hague, particularly in the fight to rid the world of chemical weapons, accountability for the victims of the most serious crimes, and preventing the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

皇冠体育app Minister, who is the Prime Minister鈥檚 Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, also visited the impressive new permanent premises of the International Criminal Court and the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice.

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Published 29 January 2016