§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what effect the proposed British withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will have on the employment of British employees currently working for the organisation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonThere is nothing in UNESCO's existing rules and regulations to suggest that the situation of individual staff members and the rights arising out of their contracts of employment are affected by the withdrawal of the member state of which they are citizens.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the financial implications of Britain's proposed withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
§ Mr. RaisonUNESCO's budget is calculated in dollars. The United Kingdom pays an assessed contribution of 4.61 per cent. of the total. At current rates of exchange the cost of our membership for 1985 will be about £7 million.
506WShould the United Kingdom withdraw from UNESCO at the end of 1985, no further subscriptions would be due.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the current amount spent by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in Britain.
§ Mr. RaisonUNESCO make available this information on a two-yearly basis. In the two-year period 1982 and 1983 the estimated expenditure in the United Kingdom from the regular programme and extra budgetary sources was approximately $16.7 million.