§ Lord Lyellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What contributions they have made to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' activities in the former Yugoslavia since the beginning of the year, and how do these compare with those of other major donors.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)Since January 1993 the United Kingdom has given £27.8 million in cash and kind to UNHCR for their work in former Yugoslavia. On 12th July we announced a further £12.5 million for projects directly in support of UNHCR plus £6 million in kind for the World Food Programme. This makes Britain the leading bilateral donor to UNHCR's programmes in the former republics this year. We are aware that, as winter approaches, there must be a major effort by the international community to meet the needs of the people of Bosnia. Contributions by major donors for 1993 are:
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UNHCR figures, as of 6th July 1993, in US Dollars) Country US$ European Community 16,447,538 Denmark 3,542,673 France 12,074,030 Germany 3,680,981 Italy 857,143 Netherlands 5,586,592 Switzerland 10,489,510 United Kingdom 163,814,433 United States 23,000,000 Japan 10,000,000 1Sterling equivalent approximately £42.5 million. This is higher than the £27 million in UK records because some "in kind" contributions. made at the end of 1992, were not logged by UNHCR until 1993.