HC Deb 09 December 1992 vol 215 cc654-5W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries to which the United Nations has sent observers to monitor United Nations resolutions, indicating in each case the number of observers, the period of time for which they are appointed, and the number of observers from each European Community member state.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The number of military observers currently deployed with each United Nations peace-keeping operation and their country of origin are shown in the table. The standard length of tour for an individual observer is six months.

Middle East India/Pakistan Angola Iraq/Kuwait Western Sahara El Salvador Cambodia Yugoslavia Somalia
Belgium 6 2 1 2 6
Denmark 11 6 6 7
France 17 15 29 47 6
Germany
Greece 6 1
Ireland 20 2 6 6 2 12 7
Italy 8 6 5 6
Luxembourg
Netherlands 15 15
Portugal 10
Spain 5 120 7
United Kingdom 15 13 37 8
Non-EC countries 188 24 263 195 163 105 470 199 50
TOTAL 265 38 285 248 219 227 468 258 50