{"id":2713,"date":"2022-10-16T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:26:43","slug":"ipu-45th-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=2713","title":{"rendered":"IPU 45th Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This last week I represented the UK at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda \u2013 in my capacity as vice-chair of the British Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst I was there, I spoke about Russia\u2019s ongoing illegal war in Ukraine, and why we must continue to condemn Russia\u2019s blatant breaches of international law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Contributing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPUparliament?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IPUparliament<\/a> emergency debate at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPU145?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IPU145<\/a> on Russia&#39;s illegal war &amp; annexations against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 UK&#39;S \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JWhittingdale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JWhittingdale<\/a> calls for strong action calling Russia to account for its crimes of aggression, breaches of int law &amp; UN Charter in its illegitimate war <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boFWppAH56\">pic.twitter.com\/boFWppAH56<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BGIPU (@BGIPU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGIPU\/status\/1580465468233895938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am very pleased that the Assembly passed the emergency motion in support of Ukraine with the result that the Russian delegation left the meeting early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"John Whittingdale MP speaks at IPU Assembly in Rwanda\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2VctOIBWGI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This last week I represented the UK at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda \u2013 in my capacity as vice-chair of the British Group. 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