§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of current humanitarian needs of Liberia; what is being done by the international community to meet those needs; and what is Britain's contribution. [19915]
§ Mr. BaldryWe are closely monitoring the situation in Liberia and remain ready to consider further support. The UN is seeking US$65.3 million this year for emergency relief programmes which can be implemented under existing security constraints.
We have provided £500,000 in response to this appeal to agencies working in the agriculture, food security and health sectors, thereby increasing our emergency aid to Liberia to over £900,000 since April 1994.