HC Deb 22 May 1992 vol 208 c291W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the composition, role, equipment and command structure of the proposed Royal Navy and Royal Marine contribution to the United Nations force in Cambodia.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The United Kingdom plans to provide 11 Roy al Navy and Royal Marines Officers and up to 59 other ranks as part of the naval group within the United Nations Transition Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). The role of the United Kingdom element of the naval group will be to assist in patrolling coastal waters and rivers to monitor compliance with the prohibition on the external supply of arms and equipment to the Cambodian factions, agreed as part of the comprehensive political settlement signed in Paris on 23 October 1991. They will be operating from Cambodian vessels and will be taking no arms or special equipment. While in Cambodia, the United Kingdom element will be fully integrated within the overall command structure of the UNTAC naval group.