§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will obtain from the United Nations and publish official figures 8W to give a comparison of the amounts of contributions made during 1969 for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by Great Britain, Iraq, Libya, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Israel, respectively.
§ Mr. LuardThe following is the information requested. The figures were verified with the UNRWA authorities on 2nd April, and are the latest available; but they are still to be presented to the United Nations Board of Auditors.
Name of Country Unit of Payment Contribution (in U.S. Dollars) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Pounds Sterling 4,500,000 Iraq U.S. Dollars 100,000 Libya U.S. Dollars 100,000 Abu Dhabi U.S. Dollars 10,000 Saudi Arabia U.S. Dollars 297,778 Jordan: Port Services U.S. Dollars 17,420 Rent U.S. Dollars 28,316 Water and Vaccines U.S. Dollars 76,118 Lebanon: Rents 51,222 Laboratory Services X-ray Services and Vaccines Syria: Rents and Vaccines 59,258 United Arab Republic: Medical Supplies 400 Israel: Israeli Pounds 342,857 Port and Transport Services 561,030 Water and Vaccines 39,216 In addition, Syria has pledged a further sum of U.S. $29,384 for 1969 as reimbursement of transport and porterage costs, but this sum has not yet been paid.