§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EC, Japan and the United States of America regarding international help to Cambodia after the proposed elections in May.
§ Mr. GoodladThe main forum for international assistance to Cambodia will be the International Conference on the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Cambodia—ICORC. The framework for ICORC was agreed at the ministerial conference in Tokyo in June 1992 at which member states of the European Community, Japan and the United States of America were present. A follow-up meeting was held at official level in Phnom Penh on 25 February 1993. The Japanese Government will be arranging further meetings after the May elections.
Many United Nations agencies and programmes, including the United Nations Development Programme, will retain personnel in Cambodia after the end of the UNTAC mandate in August.
§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the number of mine-clearing units operating under the UN mandate in Cambodia; and how many mines have been lifted as a result of those operations.
§ Mr. GoodladOn the basis of the most recent UNTAC figures, 12 mine clearance training teams and 16 supervisory teams were operating in Cambodia. UNTAC's mandate does not include the actual lifting of mines. This is to be done by Cambodians trained by UNTAC. The clearing of mines is being co-ordinated by the Cambodian mine action centre which is, in part, funded by UNTAC.