§ Mr. FaberTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many tonnes of humanitarian aid were delivered to Bosnia-Herzegovina378W along the land corridor from Split through Vitez before the recent Croat-Muslim hostilities; and which alternative routes have been used subsequently.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydExact figures for the total tonnage of humanitarian aid sent to Bosnia-Herzegovina subdivided by specific routes are unavailable. It is estimated that some 70,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have been delivered from Metkovic, which is used as the principal depot for convoys into Bosnia from the south, and which is supplied from Split and Ploce, since November 1992.
Recent hostilities in the Mostar area have resulted in the closure of the main road and caused these convoys to have to follow more circuitous routes which involve using mountain tracks. As a result, it takes convoys longer to reach Vitez and other areas of central Bosnia, thereby reducing the amount of relief supplies they are able to deliver.
§ Mr. FaberTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the numbers of(a) Serbian and Muslim citizens of Zagreb and (b) Muslim and Croat citizens of Belgrade who have been displaced as a result of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydDetailed figures of the number of people displaced by the conflict in the former Yugoslavia are not kept by municipality. The latest estimate from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is that in Croatia there are some 246,000 displaced people from other parts of Croatia and 238,000 from Bosnia-Herzegovina. In Serbia there are 166,000 who have fled from Croatia and 219,000 from Bosnia-Herzegovina.