Tag Archive for Communicable diseases

Intergovernmental Organisations Debate

Lord Soley

The debate took place on the select committee’s report dealing with intergovernmental organisations and contagious diseases. When a select committee produces a report the government has to publish its response and this has been available since late last year. Many of the committee’s recommendations have been accepted which is very gratifying but this is a…

Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee

Lord Soley

I am the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee and yesterday we took evidence from Mr Sy, the Director of Partnerships and External Relations at UNAIDS in Geneva. The Committee is hearing evidence about communicable diseases and the way intergovernmental organisations are dealing with them. It is an important area of policy because globalisation…