§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what official aid has been given by the United Kingdom to (a) individual members of the Arab League, and Egypt and (b) non-Arab members of the Islamic Conference Organisation in each year from 1979 to 1983.
§ Mr. RaisonOfficial aid was as follows:
1. Members of the League of Arab States £ thousand 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Algeria 53 334 — 5 38 Bahrain 348 3 — — — Djibouti — — 10 4 3 Iraq 8 — — — — Jordan 13,618 4,682 7,086 3,308 2,747 Kuwait — — — — — Lebanon 323 56 142 1,436 20 Libya — — — — — Mauritania 42 43 369 48 1,029 Morocco 34 68 12,419 3,778 100 Oman 246 384 452 663 641 Qatar — — — — — Saudi Arabia 7 1 — — — Somalia 1,311 2,806 2,441 2,528 2,486 Sudan 14,199 22,576 32,672 39,417 32,194 Syria 119 308 456 443 1,748 Tunisia 81 70 82 723 122 United Arab Emirates 7 — — — — Yemen Arab Republic 1,805 2,725 2,540 2,842 3,756 Yemen, Peoples Democratic Republic 1,665 1,335 1,835 855 798 Sub—total 33,782 35,391 60,504 56,050 45,682 Egypt 17,816 12,246 8,124 7,478 10,573 Total 51,598 47,637 68,628 63,528 56,255 430W
2. Non-Arab members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference £ thousand 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Afghanistan 1,372 668 43 30 192 Bangladesh 33,821 66,190 33,383 23,537 24,728 Benin 52 64 50 27 77 Bourkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) 24 96 35 25 82 Brunei 12 12 11 9 8 Cameroon 1,125 5,151 3,543 3,132 3,142 Chad 45 26 35 360 156 Comoros — — — — — Gabon — — 5 5 19 Gambia 2,796 2,270 2,321 2,480 2,400 Guinea — — 7 66 61
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Guinea-Bissau 173 56 739 244 105 Indonesia 13,144 11,190 15,350 17,219 12,358 Iran 28 10 20 — — Malaysia 1,638 10,547 10,124 6,381 3,872 Maldives 30 92 461 312 500 Mali 489 232 281 110 190 Niger 912 39 37 62 72 Pakistan 27,699 22,245 24,613 18,738 16,612 Senegal 980 213 255 517 416 Sierra Leone 3,283 2,843 3,165 3,833 3,199 Turkey 4,252 8,035 32,109 16,882 5,398 Uganda 2,212 2,875 15,078 10,647 6,109 Total 94,087 132,854 141,665 104,616 79,696
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what amount of official British aid was channelled through United Nations organisations to projects in the West Bank or Gaza strip, or in Palestinian refugee camps in other areas in each year from 1979 to 1983.
§ Mr. RaisonThe United Kingdom makes voluntary contributions towards the general costs of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the near East. For the years in question these were:
£ million 1979 4.4 1980 4.5 1981 5.0 1982 *5.0 1983 5.0 * Includes £1.0 million in food aid. Projects for the support of Palestinian refugees are also financed from the budgets of UNESCO and UNICEF, to which we contribute.