§ Mr. Juddasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of Great Britain's capital and technical assistance programmes in Tunisia in each of the past five years and the proposed programme for the financial year 1969–70.
§ Mr. PrenticeBritain has not given any capital aid to Tunisia in the past five years. Some technical assistance has been provided, mainly for the El Fouladh Steelworks. Annual disbursements under the technical assistance programme are as follows:
£'000s Estimated 1964–65 7965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 Experts 3 2 2 1 0 Training 25 0 1 1 * Equipment 0 0 0 0 * Consultancies 0 0 20 0 0 TOTAL 28 2 23 2 1 * Less than £500. 2. In recent discussions with the Tunisian Government, we offered to provide capital aid of £50,000 a year for 2–3 years once a suitable project has been identified. A number of possibilities for technical assistance were also discussed including the provision of assistance in education, and particularly English language teaching, forestry, management training and productivity. These possibilities are now being examined in detail and it is hoped that an expert on English language teaching will be visiting Tunisia in the near future to formulate firm proposals in this field.
3. It is not possible at this stage to estimate the cost of the likely programme of technical assistance programme in 1969–70 but it is hoped that a modest 243W but worthwhile programme will be initiated in the second half of the year and continued in subsequent years.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will make a statement on the recent discussion with the Tunisian Government concerning an aid programme.
§ Mr. OramUseful discussions were held which we hope will lead to a worthwhile increase in our aid programme to Tunisia.
An offer was made of a limited amount of capital aid and it is hoped that a suitable project can be agreed with the Tunisian Government. A number of possibilities for technical assistance were identified the most promising of which is English language teaching. We are
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND STATEMENT I INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1967 Income U.S.$ U.S.$ Contributions from Governments, including receivables … 28,382,344.77 Contributions from non-governmental sources … 5,544,788.53 Greeting Card Fund … 3,000,000.00 Other income … 1,541,245.24 Total income … 38,468,378.54 38,468,378.54 Expenditure Supplies and equipment, including freight … 25,959,035.03 Non-supply assistance: Fellowships and training grants … 3,733,511.72 Project personnel … 1,363,086.67 Other services … 544,435.39 Operational services … 5,312,469.00 Administrative costs … 3,054,516.45 Total expenditure … 39,967,054.26 39,967,054.26 Excess of expenditure over income … (1,498,675.72) 244W
STATEMENT II FINANCIAL POSITION AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1967 Liabilities U.S.$ U.S.$ Allocations approved by the Executive Board to be fulfilled 63,289,415.48 Other liabilities 6,098,564.93 Total liabilities 69,387,980.41 69,387,980.41 Assets 38,243,300.45 Balance: Approved allocations to be financed from future income 31,144,679.96 In addition, formal commitments approved by the Executive Board against future income, but against which no allocations have yet been made, amounted to 30,462,200.00 Source—United Nations Children's Fund: Financial Report and Accounts for the year 1967. offering a visit by an expert in this field to formulate definite proposals.