§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to support proposals by the United States of America for the establishment of a permanent United Nations peacekeeping reserve force.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIt is our view that the appropriateness of UN forces to a country or a conflict and the size and shape of those forces are best addressed on a case-by-case basis. We do not therefore support the establishment of a permanent UN peacekeeping reserve force, although it should be noted that, by completion of our deployment to UNPROFOR in Bosnia, some 3,500 British troops will be on UN service making us the third-largest troop contributor to UN operations.