HC Deb 13 December 1994 vol 251 cc582-3W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response he has made to the UN Secretary-General's Rwanda emergency normalisation plan.

Mr. Baldry

Britain has provided bilateral assistance for priority health care, refugee repatriation, infrastructure repair and help to Rwanda Government ministries. The European Union's new programme of rehabilitation assistance, worth approximately £52 million, will include help for Kigali airport, road repair, health and education. The United Kingdom share of this programme is about £9 million.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries have responded to the Rwanda trust fund: how much they have contributed; and what is the proposed United Kingdom contribution.

Mr. Baldry

We understand that to date the Dutch have contributed $5 million to the UN trust fund for Rwanda. We will consider whether to make a contribution as part of our preparations for the United Nations development programme round table on Rwanda in January 1995.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of Stale for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contribution is made by Her Majesty's Government to the training of civilian police in Rwanda.

Mr. Baldry

We have not been asked to help bilaterally in training civil police and have no plans to do so given the very different Rwandan and British policing systems.

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