§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the contributions by the United Kingdom and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development donors to assist developing countries to participate in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
§ Mrs. ChalkerAccording to the report of the IPCC special committee on the participation of developing countries (June 1990), the following contributions were received in 1989 from OECD members other than the United Kingdom:
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Equivalent in Swiss francs Australia $ 15,175 24,963.05 Canada C$ 11,000 14,519.50 Denmark $ 5,000 7,550.00 Finland $ 5,000 7,950.00 France FF 100,000 25,303.00 Federal Republic of Germany SFr 43,750 43,750.00 Japan $ 50,000 75,500.00 Netherlands $ 25,000 40,250.00 Norway $ 15,000 25,050,00 Switzerland SFr 55,000 55,000.00 United States of America $ 120,000 199,500.00 The United Kingdom paid £50,000 (approximately equal to SFr 129,400), making us the second largest contributor in 1989. This year, we have offered a further £25,000.