§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much in reimbursement funds has the United States asked from the United Nations for its participation in the United Nations exercise it initiated and controlled in Somalia (not excluding the costs of the construction projects contracted for with the United States firms) and whether these sums have been paid by the United Nations to the United States.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)The UN secretariat advises that the amount claimed by the US Government in respect of US involvement in UN operations in Somalia from May 1993 was 62,589,748 dollars and that claimed by US companies was 29,629,500 dollars. The amount paid out to the US government was 60,718,045 dollars. US companies have been paid in full.