§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current British and European Union distribution to humanitarian work in Liberia; and what is being done to rehabilitate child soldiers.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydSince 1 January 1993, we have provided more than £1.6 million in bilateral humanitarian assistance. In the same period, European Community humanitarian assistance has totalled almost £7 million.
The United Nations Children's Fund has done much towards rehabilitation of child soldiers: 133 counsellors have been trained in delivering war trauma counselling services to children; in addition, local community-based rehabilitation activities, integrated with the supply of water and sanitation and health care facilities have been established to assist demobilised child soldiers.