HC Deb 26 April 1993 vol 223 c266W
Lady Olga Maitland

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans there are to send humanitarian convoys to Goradze and Zepa in Bosnia.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which co-ordinates the international relief effort to the former Yugoslavia, is making every effort to deliver relief supplies to Gorazde and Zepa. But over the last few months it has only been possible to reach these towns sporadically by road convoy because of the continuing hostilities. The United Kingdom has contributed 58 vehicles plus support staff to UNHCR's road convoys.

However, supplies are presently being airdropped to Gorazde, Srebrenica and Zepa. The United Kingdom has provided almost £600,000 of food for the air drops.

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