§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements have been made to protect humanitarian aid workers operating in the refugee camps in Rwanda and Zaire.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe non-governmental organisations working in the Rwandan refugee camps have, with the advice and assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, made their own security and contingency arrangements. We maintain regular contact with British NGOs and UN agencies over the security in the camps and are continually monitoring the situation.
The UN Secretary-General recently outlined several options for international action to address the security situation in the camps. The Security Council has asked him to investigate the practicalities of the proposals and we await his further response.