Tag Archives: UN

Global Mental Health, Time for Action

Baroness Murphy 05/10/2011 – 10:10 am

Lord Crisp is leading a debate tomorrow on the global impact of the five leading chronic diseases -- cancer, diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease and mental illness, so called NCDs (non-communicable diseases, to distinguish them from communicable, ie infectious diseases). This follows on from a recent high level meeting of the UN at which the increasing problems of lifestyle related diseas […]

Development and NGO’s

Lord Soley 09/08/2010 – 11:39 am

The sad news of the death of Dr Woo and her colleagues comes at the same time as the news that a UK policeman has been shot and killed in Afghanistan. In many ways this goes to the heart of the problem in Afghanistan and some other developing country's. It may be a long time ago but when John Reid was Secretary of State for defence he expressed the hope that UK troops would leave Afghanistan wi […]

Intergovernmental Organisations debate

Lord Soley 20/02/2009 – 10:38 am

On Tuesday the House will debate the report of the Select Committee on Intergovernmental Organisations dealing with controlling the spread of infectious diseases. (House of Lords paper 143-1 Session 2007-8).  As I was the chairman I will initiate the debate and then it is open to all members to participate including members of the ccommittee.  A government minister will reply to the debate. The […]

Liaison Committee

Lord Soley 20/07/2008 – 5:00 pm

The Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee will publish its first report tomorrow. The report deals with the threat  of infectious diseases and the intergovernmental organisations ability to deal with them.   Meanwhile I have been very frustrated because the Liaison Committee which decides what select committees should exist and in what form met and agreed that the Intergovernmental […]