International

SNP International Development Spokesperson, Pete Wishart MP, has called on the UK Government to finally meet its international aid commitments – after 40 years of failing to do so.

SNP European Candidate, Cllr Drew Hendry, has highlighted the party's commitment to working towards the Millenium Development Goals, in the run up to the European election.

Alyn Smith has voiced his frustration at a series of votes in the Parliament in Strasbourg which approved a series of trade agreements between the EU and the developing world which he fears will force liberalisation upon a developing world ill-equipped to cope with the EU's companies and multinationals.

SNP Westminster leader and International Affairs spokesperson Angus Robertson MP has questioned Jack McConnell's latest appointment and said he would be writing to the Prime Minister asking how such a role could be fulfilled on a part-time basis.

SNP MEP Mr Alyn Smith and MSP Joe FitzPatrick have today reiterated their call for the UK to join the international consensus on banning cluster bombs at the international conference underway in Dublin after newspapers reported a possible u-turn by the UK Government.

The First Minister has expressed his support for the work of the Disasters Emergency committee and Scottish aid organisations responding to the cyclone in Burma