Committee Reports::Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, 2007::17 April, 2007::Appendix

Appendix 3

Meetings of the Joint Committee of Foreign Affairs

Meeting

Date

Subject

01

18/01/07

Update on the current position of Irish Emigrants Abroad. Discussion with officials from The Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

02

30/01/07

1. The Global Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic - Discussion with Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of the United Nations Programme on AIDS


2. Motion from Deputy Higgins on the proposed US/India Nuclear Agreement


3. Motion from Deputy Higgins in relation to “Denial of the Holocaust”.

03

13/02/07

1. “Project Mozambique” - Discussion with


(a)Officials from Irish Aid


(b)CONCERN on the Irish Aid program in Mozambique.


2. EU Scrutiny.

04

06/03/07

Current situation in Kosovo - Discussion with Ms. Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo

05

20/03/07

1. Discussion with Dr. Vinand Nantulya, FIND, on low cost medical diagnostics.


2. Discussion with Mr. David Konneh, Director of Don Bosco Homes in Liberia, on the role played by Irish troops in Liberia and the concerns felt at their removal.

06

03/04/07

1. Chernobyl 21 Years On — Discussion with Ms. Adi Roche, Executive Director of the Chernobyl Children’s Project.


2. Repression of the Baha’i Community in Iran — Discussion with members of the Baha’i Faith living in Ireland.

07

17/04/07

Private Meeting

Appendix 3.1

Meetings of the sub-Committee on Development Co-Operation

Meeting

Date

Subject

01

29/03/07

Discussion with the International Mental Health Collaborating Network re proposal to develop a community based mental health project in the Palestinian Territories.

Appendix 3.2

Meetings of the sub-Committee on Human Rights

Meeting

Date

Subject

01

31/01/07

Update on prisoner on death row in Georgia, U.S.A. - discussion with Mr. Billy Colbert on the Roger Collins death penalty case.

02

28/02/07

Discussion with Mr. Gerald O’Connor of the Irish Falun Dafa Association and Mr. David Matas on his revised report “Bloody Harvest” regarding Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China.