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Political Memory: Nirj DEVA, MEP
{{#icon:NirjDeva.jpg|Nirj DEVA}}
General Data
- Born on 11 May 1948, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
- Country: {{#icon:GB.png|United Kingdom||MEPs_GB}} United Kingdom
- Political Group: {{#icon:ECR.png|ECR||MEPs_ECR}} European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
Party: Conservative Party
 Contact
{{#icon:Click_to_call_now.png|+32 2 28 45 245||callto://+3222845245}}
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Functions in European Parliament
- Committee on Development (Vice-Chair)
- Subcommittee on Human Rights (Member)
- Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (Member)
- Committee on Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
- Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
Curriculum Vitae
- 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)
- 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- 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)
- Member of the European Parliament for South East England (1999 - )
- Current Co-coordinator ofOverseas 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 - )
- Parliamentrepresentative 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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 theDeerpalsing / Deva report on The problematics of energy in the ACP countries in Vienna 2006
- International Missions including Election Observer Missions to Afghanistan (2004, 2005) as Chm Indonesia (2003, 2006) Kazakhstan (2005, 2007)
- East Timor (2006)
- 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)
- 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
- Author of a number of pamphlets such as 'Who really governs Britain' (Bow Group) and articles for the European Journal
Votes
- 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.7/100
- 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
- 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 29.2/100
- 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 77.6/100
- 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100
Opinions
Sources
- Written questions at European Parliament
- Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
- Reports at European Parliament
- Opinions at European Parliament
- Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
- Written declarations in European Parliament
- Wikipedia
Positions
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