The Undertaking
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| Originally published | February 2014 |
| Authors | Audrey Magee |
| Genres | Historical Fiction |
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| ID | 2466424 |
About The Undertaking
Brutal yet heartbreaking, The Undertaking is an immensely powerful first novel set in Germany and the Soviet Union during World War IIDesperate to escape the Eastern front, Peter Faber, an ordinary . . .
Liz Truss apologizes with 'unintended' Saudi military sales
International Trade -Secretary has written to The Commons committee on armed export controls
the United Kingdom in International Trade a Secretary in a court for two breaches of a promise not to license exports to Saudi Arabia , which could be used in the Yemen conflict.
the Minister promised to stop the approval of shipments in June, after a challenge from activists to the court of appeal.
Liz Truss , said the granting of permits for £435,000 from radio spares, and a £200 Air -cooler for The Royal Saudi Land Forces was "accidental".
An internal investigation instead.
In a Ms Truss said that routine analysis of the statistics found, which would have been issued a license for the Air cooler for a Renault Sherpa Light Scout vehicle, just a few days after the verdict.
And a license for the export of 260 elements of radio spare parts has been spent In July . So far, said The Letter , 180 individual parts, that the order has been shipped with a value of £261,450 -.
Ms Truss said: "I have apologised to the court unreservedly for the error in the granting of these two licenses. "
the government lawyers had given the court was not informed about the "infringements of the commitment," she added.
She Said the internal investigation had been launched to determine if other licenses have been issued in violation of the insurance to the court or the Parliament, and to ensure that it could be no other injuries.
Yemen has been locked, the saw in the Civil War for 2015The court that the British decision to continue to license military equipment for export to The Gulf state was unlawful.
UK export-policy, military equipment, licences should not be granted, if there is a "clear risk" that weapons could be used in a "serious violation of international humanitarian law".
a judge on the hearing of the court should be reviewed in decisive the case of existing licences, but they would not be locked immediately.
But Ms Truss's predecessor, Liam Fox had licenses assured that the government will grant more export, while it is as the ruling.
to Respond to the Federal government, excuse me, The Campaign , Andrew Smith said: "We are always on the story of how a rigorous and robust UK arms export controls supposedly are, but this shows that nothing could be further from The Truth . "
arms trade, elizabeth truss, uk government, saudi arabia, yemen crisis
Source of news: bbc.com
