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with ministers or officials from foreign ministries in Arab and Islamic states since 15 January; and what matters have been addressed in each case.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and officials of this Department have been in touch with Ministers and senior officials of almost all Arab and Islamic countries since 15 January. A very wide range of bilateral, regional and internal matters has been discussed, including the Gulf crisis. The great majority of Arab and Islamic Governments firmly support the United Nations resolutions on the Gulf and the requirement for Saddam Hussein to withdraw all his forces immediately and unconditionally from Kuwait.
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Mr. Corbett: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice he is giving tour operators and individuals over the safety of holidaymak- ing in Yugoslavia in the current year.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: Our current advice is that we see no reason to discourage travel to Yugoslavia. We point out. however, that there have been localised disturbances in Kosovo and in parts of Croatia. Bosnia and Herzegovina. British nationals are also advised to avoid the area of Knin where there have been blockades on roads and railways. Visitors staying longer than one month are advised to register with the British consulates in Belgrade, Zagreb, Split or Dubrovnik.
We are continually reviewing travel advice for all
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Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech he made to the European Foreign Affairs Council on European security policy.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs set out our views on European security policy in his Churchill memorial lecture on 19 February, and in his speech in Berlin on 10 December Copies are available in the Library.
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Mr. Nellist: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the United States of Amenca and the United Kingdom have vetoed proposed resolutions regarding sanctions against Israel in the United Nations Security Council.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: None. MED
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Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he or his officials have had any meetings this year with members of (a) Kuwait and (b) Iraqi opposition political parties.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: British diplomats in Saudi Arabia have kept in close touch with all strands of Kuwaiti society as represented, for example, at the Kuwait national
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conference held in Jedda on 13-15 October. Officials 'in London have held a number of meetings with the members of a variety of Iraqi groups.
Mr. Marlow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the deployment of Patriot missiles in the Occupied Territories on the cohesion of the coalition against Iraq.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: The coalition against Iraq remains firm. The deployment of Patriot missile launchers in defence of Israel is a matter for the Israeli Government.
The Gulf (Birds)
Mr. Bowis: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance he has given to efforts to save birdlife in the Gulf area; and if he will make a statement on progress with these efforts.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch (Mr. Squire) on 15 February at col. 609. The main aim of the visit of the RSPCA team to the Gulf was to train local volunteers in the techniques of cleaning oil-contaminated seabirds. Nevertheless. the RSPCA team treated more than 500 birds in Saudi Arabia during their time there.
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Mr. Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the number of managerial and professional persons resident in Hong Kong in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on his current assessment of the likelihood of a drain of managerial and professional persons from Hong Kong.
Mr. Douglas Hogg (holding answer 20 February 1991]: The Hong Kong Government estimate that the number of managerial and professional people (including administra- tive and technical personnel) resident in Hong Kong in each of the past five years was:
Number
1986
262.000
1987
279.000
1988
302,000
1989
318,000
1990
328,000
The Hong Kong Government estimate that the number of emigrants who fall into these categories in each of the past five years was as follows:
Number
1986
2,600
1987
7,400
1988
11,200
1989
9,800
1990
14,500
The Hong Kong Government believe that, despite loss through emigration, the number of highly educated and professionally skilled persons in Hong Kong should not
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