HC Deb 16 December 1993 vol 234 c790W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what policy proposals he has to improve the co-ordination of United Nations activities in emergency intervention situations;

(2) what proposals he has for changing the role of the department of humanitarian affairs at the United Nations;

(3) what assessment he has made of the performance of the department of humanitarian affairs at the United Nations.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The views of Her Majesty's Government on the improvement of the co-ordination of United Nations emergency relief and the performance to date and future role of the United Nations department of humanitarian affairs are set out in the address of my noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development to the United Nations General Assembly of 19 November 1993, a copy of which has been placed in both the Libraries of the House.

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