PALESTINE REFUGEES (CONTRIBUTIONS TO U.N.R.W.A.)

HC Deb 20 June 1967 vol 748 cc245-6W

Mr. Arnold Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what have been the respective contributions since 1948 made by France, Great Britain, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East.

Mr. William Rodgers

The Governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States had by the end of 1966 contributed $12,451,920, $95,524,004 and $387,368,069 respectively to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (U.N.R.W.A.). The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has made no contributions.