Cambodia (Hansard, 19 February 1990)

§ 47. Mrs. Mahon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what United Kingdom assistance has been given to the non-Communist resistance in Cambodia in the past 12 months.

§ Mrs. Chalker
Since 1 March 1989 a total of £702,000 has been provided, mainly through UNBRO and British NGOs, for non-Communist Cambodians living in camps on the Thai border.

§ 54. Mr. Canavan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a further statement about Government policy on(a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid to Cambodia; and whether he will give details of Britain's contribution to date in each case for the current financial year.

68. Mr. John P. Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his officials' recent visit to Cambodia.
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§ Mrs. Chalker
I refer the hon. Gentlemen to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Motherwell, North (Dr. Reid) on 15 February at column351.

§ 59. Ms. Abbott
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to ensure that food is not being sent from United Nations Border Relief Organisation camps on the Thai-Cambodia border to Khmer Rouge soldiers.

§ 60. Mr. Tom Clarke.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further investigations have been made on reports of the diversion of food and other aid to Khmer Rouge soldiers fighting in Cambodia, from the camps on the Thai-Cambodia border.

§ Mrs. Chalker
We have repeatedly sought and been given assurances by UNBRO that food and other aid supplies intended for families and ordinary people in Thai-Cambodia border camps are not diverted, either directly or indirectly to the Khmer Rouge.
I saw the camps for myself last week and reiterated our concern. UNBRO officials assured me that they were taking all possible steps to ensure that supplies went to the people for whom they were intended and that they were looking again at their monitoring procedures. British embassy officials based in Bangkok also visit the camps regularly to monitor the situation.