The Welsh Government's International Relations Strategy

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:51 pm on 8 January 2020.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 2:51, 8 January 2020

Presiding Officer, my question's a little less bellicose. [Laughter.] If I can turn to Susie Ventris-Field, the chief executive of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, she's pointed out the wonderful civic record we have in Wales in promoting international peace and solidarity. She cites examples like the message of peace and goodwill from the young people of Wales, which, in the next couple of years, will reach its centenary; the peace appeal that took place in 1924, where 40 per cent of Welsh women signed a petition to the women of America so that they would lobby the American president to join the League of Nations, and that could have led to very different outcomes; and long-standing links between Wales and Somaliland, Uganda, Lesotho and other places; and organisations like the Wales anti-apartheid movement. Clearly, non-governmental organisations and the civic sector in general have played a huge amount informally in our international relations strategy, so, now, in your formal strategy, how will you be involving this vital sector in fulfilling your strategy and developing it in the future?