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10 questions to ask your new MP1. What is your view on the role the United Nations should play in world affairs? In what ways do you think the UN can be reformed so as to make it stronger, more credible and more effective in addressing global challenges? 2. Will you call for the Common Agricultural Policy to be reformed so that people in poor countries are not made worse off by barriers to trade in the European Union? 3. The European Commission has repeatedly said that Economic Partnership Agreementscurrently being negotiated between the EU and former colonies in African, Caribbean andPacific countries should be tools for development and poverty reduction. Yet, Economic Partnership Agreements are required to be WTO-compatible. Will you personally commit to supporting legislation to amend WTO rules to allow regional trade agreements to provide special and differential treatment for developing countries? 4. Will you advocate for British government pressure on other donor countries to commit to and achieve the international aid target of 0.7% of GNI? 5. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries desperately need resources that will allow them to meet the MDGs. Do you support measures linking debt relief to the ability of countries to meet the MDGs? 6. Given the UK’s status as Nuclear Weapons State, what actions do you think should be taken to fulfil the UK’s commitment under article VI of the NPT to move towards disarmament? 7. Do you support the recommendation of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, that Nuclear Weapon States should commit explicitly not to use nuclear weapons against Non-Nuclear Weapon States? 8. In light of the fact that current policy does not adequately protect the rights of migrant workers, who are so vital to the UK economy, do you feel that the UK should now sign and ratifythe Convention on the Rights of the Migrant Worker? 9. The human rights machinery of the UN needs to be strengthened if it is to confront the significant challenges to human rights in the world today. How do you envisage the UK contributing to the process of UN human rights reform? 10. Do you agree that troop-contributing UN member states should agree to ensure that peacekeepers suspected of the sexual exploitation of civilians face full investigation of allegations and prosecution, where appropriate |
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