§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contributions the United Kingdom is making towards United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Gulf and western Sahara.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAt present we plan to contribute a total of £8.55 million made up as follows:
£ million United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) 2.1 United Nations Special Commission Iraq 1.0 United Nations Observer Mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 5.45 Total 8.55 Parliamentary approval for these new services will be sought in the winter supplementary estimate for "Foreign and Commonwealth Office: other external relations", vote —class II, vote 2. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £8.55 million will be met by a repayable advance from the Contingencies Fund.