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Nirj
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European Conservatives and Reformists
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nirj.deva@europarl.europa.eu
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Conservative Party
Born on 11 May 1948,
Colombo (Sri Lanka)
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http://www.nirjdeva.com
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Vice-Chair
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Committee on Development
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Member
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Subcommittee on Human Rights
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Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
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Substitute
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Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
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Research Fellow, University of Loughborough (1971-73), Graduate of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Scientific advisor (1975-80), businessman and company director (1980-99). Current: Chm Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC, Director Aitken Spence Ltd, Director, Distilleries Corporation Ltd, (both Forbes 300 Asian Companies), Advisor London Asia Capital plc, Chm Serene Resorts Ltd (Beach Property Developers). |
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Chairman, Bow Group (1981). Editor, Crossbow Magazine (1983), Political Advisor to the Home Secretary (1984-85). Chairman, One Nation Forum Political Committee (1988-1991). Chairman, Committee on the Deregulation of European Air Transport (1983-86). Member, Governing Council of the Royal Commonwealth Society (1977-80). Secretary-General, Institute of Constitutional Research, London (1998). Deputy Lord Lieutenant of greater London (1985- ). Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 1994-; Vishwa Kirithi Sri Lanka Abhimaniya 2005- |
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Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth (1992-1997). Select Committees: Education (1994-96) and Parliamentary Ombudsman (1993-97) Member, European Standing Committee B (1992-97). Member of Her Majesty's Government, Parliamentary Private Secretary, Scottish Office (1995-97). Advisor to Iain Duncan Smith (2001-03). |
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Member of the European Parliament for South East England (1999 - ). Current Co-coordinator of Overseas Development and Co-operation. European Delegate to the ACP-EU (1999 - ), European Parliament delegate to ASEAN countries (2002 - ). European Parliament's current Rapporteur on the World Trade Organisation and Development (2000 - ). Parliament representative on the Executive Council of the North-South Centre (since 2004). EPP-ED Coordinator in the Committee on Development and in the ACP Delegation (since 2004). |
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Chairman Working Grp A of Development Committee overseeing the Country Strategy papers for Asia, Central Asia and Far East; Co Leader (with Michel Rocard former PM of France ) of European Parliament Delegation to the United Nations World Summit and General Assembly 2006; Chm Friendship Groups for China; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Indonesia; Afghanistan; in the European Parliament. |
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International Organisations : Hon Ambassador at Large for Sri Lanka 2003; Candidate to succeed HE Kofi Annan as Secretary General of the United Nations in 2006; Chairman EU India Chamber of Commerce 2005; Chairman European Peace Foundation 2007. Negotiated resolution: on WTO / Seattle in Abuja, 2000; on Pacific region and chaired workshop on Sustainable development and management of natural resources in Brussels, 2000; on Everything But Arms in Libreville, 2001; on parliamentary dimension of WTO in Brussels, 2001. |
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Negotiated: joint resolution on the situation in the Pacific in Cape Town, 2002; compromise with the ACP side on Agricultural and mining commodities in Brussels 2005; the adoption of the Deerpalsing / Deva report on The problematics of energy in the ACP countries in Vienna 2006. |
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International Missions including Election Observer Missions to Afghanistan (2004, 2005) as Chm Indonesia (2003, 2006) Kazakhstan (2005, 2007); East Timor (2006). |
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Key note speaker at a conferences on Child Labour and Education (India 2004); Global Peace (India 2005) UN Reform; Heritage Foundation, Hudson Institute Washington (2006), Foreign Relations Council New York (2006), EU China Relations: Beijing, Changchun, Shanghai, ( 2005, 2006, 2007). |
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Constant flow of speeches in the European Parliament mainly on Development issues. Topics include 'Private/Public sector undertakings in Developing Countries', 'Human Rights in Zimbabwe', 'Eradication of Poverty, Diseases and Food Shortages'. Co-initiator of Motions for Resolutions on subjects such as European Trade, human rights in Zimbabwe and the situation in Burma. |
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Author of a number of pamphlets such as 'Who really governs Britain' (Bow Group) and articles for the European Journal. |
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