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View Article  British Embassy work in Guatemala City

The following is an excerpt from a mention of Guatemala City in House of Commons:

Philip Hollobone (Kettering, Conservative) | Hansard source

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to help tackle the problem of violence against street children in Guatemala.

Shahid Malik (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development) | Hansard source

In Guatemala between 2004-05 DFID contributed $150,000 through the InterAmerican Development Bank to NGOs working with street children. This funding provided education, psycho-social care and work opportunities.

The British Embassy in Guatemala City has supported many local NGO projects on child rights including a sustainable training programme for police officers in the city centre. This aims to improve officers' dealings with street children, ensure the inclusion of child rights in the Police Academy training curriculum and encourage efforts to bring child abusers to justice.

View Article  Westminster Hall debates- Human Rights - 11 October 2007
This is taken from here.

Meg Munn (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office) | Hansard source

The hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) mentioned the importance of our contacts in dealing with such matters—not just international bodies, but our bilateral relationships. Let me give him a specific example. In September, I visited Mexico and while I was there, I discussed the major human rights issues that it faces with a range of contacts, specifically civil society and Mexican non-governmental organisations. We discussed the need to modernise the judicial system in order to end impunity and to tackle corruption. I heard also about the excellent work on justice reform that we have been able to carry out with the Mexican authorities through the Foreign Office's global opportunities fund. Such support is being given to a range of countries around the world.

Photo of Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North, Labour) | Hansard source

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning Mexico. During her visit, was she able to raise the issue of migrants from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras who are harassed routinely while trying to travel through Mexico, the problems of the appalling treatment of some women in the states bordering the United States, and the disappearances that occur because of that? I know that human rights groups in Mexico often take up that matter.

Photo of Meg Munn Meg Munn (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office) | Hansard source

I met a Mexican foreign affairs Minister and discussed a range of issues, including ones such as those mentioned by my hon. Friend.

 

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