Speeches by Mohamed.

“Are there accountability measures where resolutions have not been enforced?”

“A number of resolutions relating to Sudan have been put forward by the UK, but there are some who say that the UK is not in the inner circle when it comes to Sudan, and that again, discussions are happening externally. To what extent do you think that we have been successful there, and what are your reflections on what…”

“What are your reflections on the fact that it might seem paralysed, and that the UK has done very little?”

“On the point of expansion, Netanyahu and Trump are meeting this week. We know, in their own words, that they want to “redraw” the lines of the Middle East and last month it was reported that the US is considering recognising limited Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank. There seems to be a pattern to these a…”

“Foreign Secretary, if I may take us back to the question of recognition. You said that no country has the right to veto recognition, including Israel, but it voted in the Knesset against recognition, and we have heard from Israeli representatives; the Leader of the Opposition said it would take several election cycles …”

“So the UK will not recognise any Palestinian land that is given to Israel, even if the US decides to do that?”

“Thank you, Foreign Secretary. Moving on to a different angle, you will have seen from the recent court judgment on the F-35 carve-outs that sensitive and political issues are a matter for the Executive, not the courts. I asked the permanent secretary this morning about the UK National Committee on International Humanit…”

“But have you had any assessments more recently, Foreign Secretary?”

“Does the people queuing up for aid qualify as being in the nature of incidents that you would look at holistically, as part of your assessments?”

“Has there been a recent assessment in relation to the indiscriminate killings that we have seen of people queuing up for aid? Has there been a recent assessment in relation to those incidents that we have seen? Does that qualify as a material change?”

“Okay, but not enough for you to act on those assessments.”

“Have they breached international law?”

“I want to take us back to staffing. Last year, when we had the permanent secretary here, we asked many questions in relation to representation, the very poor representation at senior level in terms of gender and the even poorer representation when it came to ethnic diversity. What actions have taken place since then to…”

“Is it just in relation to licensing, or is it a holistic—”

“Have any assessments been given in the last three months in relation to—”

“But the court said that it is a decision for the Executive.”

“On international humanitarian law, what is the current function of the IHL committee within the Foreign Office, and how often does it refer advice to the Foreign Secretary?”

“Okay. Thank you.”

“So it depends on the gravity of the incident whether an assessment would be given to the Foreign Secretary.”

“Okay. So how many assessments have been given to the Foreign Secretary recently?”