§ Mr. RobathanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contributions for 1993 are being made to the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the United Nations Population Fund and the World Health Organisation human reproduction programme.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information is as follows:
£ million IPPF 17.5 UNFPA 17.0 WHO/HRP 3.0 1 Core grant. Additional contributions for specific programme activities will also be made.
§ Ms HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures the Government have taken to ensure that funding to the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations Population Fund is not used in coercive population control measures.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydIPPF and UNFPA, like Her Majesty's Government, are firmly opposed to any population activities in which there is any element of coercion of individuals to practise family planning, or to accept any particular type of contraception. Their population programmes fully accord with the human rights principles set out in the world population plan of action.
We examine annually with other donor Governments IPPF and UNFPA policies and programmes at the IPPF donors meeting and UNFPA Governing Council respectively. We are also in regular consultation with IPPF and UNFPA about their population activities.
§ Mr. RobathanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the total United Kingdom bilateral disbursements on population activities and to which countries for each of the years 1991 and 1992.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydTotal aid programme disbursements on population activities amounted to some £26.5 million in 1991 and £28 million in 1992, of which £7.2 million and £6.1 million respectively represented bilateral disbursements. This bilateral assistance was distributed as follows:
1991 £ 1992 £ Ethiopia 37,249 8,159 Ghana 469,000 771,918 Kenya 606,829 1,812,248 Malawi 100,000 185,932 Nigeria 20,000 47,490 Sierra Leone 39,742 — Tanzania 101,207 129,266 Uganda 11,143 105,874 Zambia 3,280 27,594 Bangladesh 2,667,706 586,254 India 2,380,073 1,629,931 Malaysia 150,196 100,245 Pakistan 613,181 208,979 Anguilla 39,500 — Madagascar — 2,631 Zimbabwe — 29,372 South Africa1 — 84,155 Nepal — 139,952 Fiji — 2,000 Vietnam — 147,351 Vanuatu — 13,126 Paraguay — 3,116 Occupied territories — 11,250 Caribbean — 6,650 1 South African non-governmental organisation.