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Sanctions: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to bring UK sanctions in line with the humanitarian exemption in UN Security Council Resolution 2664.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 30 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 6 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to bring UK sanctions in line with the humanitarian exemption in UN Security Council Resolution 2664.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Sept 2024
Answer published
The UK played a central role in helping secure UN Security Council Resolution 2664 - a landmark step that introduced a cross-cutting exemption to the asset freeze measures to further support humanitarian delivery. The exception applies to the UK's 7 UN sa...

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