12 July 1992
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
· BRITISH SECTION
The Rt Hon John Major MP
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street London SW1
Dear Prime Minister,
Amnesty International British Section
99-119 Rosebery Avenue London EC1R 4RE
Tel: 071-814 6200
Fax: 071-833 1510 Telex: 917621 AIBS
In recent years, Amnesty International has welcomed an increasingly open dialogue with the UK Government on a broad range of subjects of mutual concern. We would very much like to further these discussions in a meeting with you at your earliest convenience.
Amnesty International is a rapidly growing independent international organisation. The British Section is one of the largest national sections of Amnesty with nearly 100,000 members in the UK and supporters from many sectors of society. The British Section enjoys an increasingly high public profile.
Over the last year we have noted with interest your concern about the human rights
rights situation in China. We also very much appreciated your participation in our own highly successful televised appeal in December 1991 to mark Amnesty's 30th anniversary.
The UK takes up the Presidency of the EC at a time when significant measures are being taken and debated by the EC on the challenges facing Europe and the international community in many parts of the world. The enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedoms is an essential requirement for peace and security. We would welcome an opportunity to exchange views with you on how the international community can work together to promote a full and lasting respect for human rights.
The UK Government has a crucial role to play in promoting the attention key inter-governmental organisations give to human rights. Most importantly, as a prominent member of the United Nations, the UK can assist the real and lasting implementation of human rights by its contribution to the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.
A great deal of Amnesty's work relates to the Foreign and Commonwealth office. Increasingly, however, other government departments are involved in issues of concern to Amnesty: human rights education at the Department of Education; refugees and asylum-seekers, data protection, the death penalty and ratification of international conventions at the Home Office; and
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