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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}} Parlement européen Bâtiment Willy Brandt 04M099 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +32 2 28 45 245/+32 2 28 47 245 Fax: +32 2 28 49 245 Parlement européen Bâtiment Louise Weiss T11038 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: +33 3 88 175 245/+33 3 88 177 245 Fax: +33 3 88 179 245 Email: nirj.deva(at)europarl.europa.eu Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4556 Site web: www.nirjdeva.com

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

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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

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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
• Google

Positions

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