HC Deb 06 February 1995 vol 254 cc24-5W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the outcome of the United Nations development programme-sponsored conference on Rwanda in Geneva that has just concluded; how much was pledged by each of the participants; and for what purposes.

Mr. Baldry

Participants at the UNDP round table welcomed the priorities set out in the Government of Rwanda's programme of national reconciliation and socio-economic rehabilitation and recovery. They pledged almost $583 million in support of the programme and related activities. Individual pledges are set out in the table. The United Kingdom has also pledged a further £4 million to the United Nations consolidated inter-agency appeal for Rwanda, to meet emergency needs within Rwanda and in the region. Since April 1994, Britain has committed £66 million in emergency and rehabilitation assistance bilaterally and through the EU to help Rwandans affected by the crisis.

Round table conference for Rwanda UNDP summary of funds pledged (US millions of dollars)
Donor Sub-Programme 1 Sub-Programme 2 Sub-Programme 3 Outside round table document1 Total
Italy — — — — to be announced
Japan — 22.5 — — 22.5
Netherlands 19.5 — 13.5 — 33.0
New Zealand — — — — to be announced
Russia — — — — to be announced
Spain n/a — 4.5 — 9.5
Sweden n/a n/a n/a — 3.0
Switzerland 0.8 — 12.0 — 12.8
United Kingdom 1.5 — 1.5 — 3.0
USA 6.5 — 35.0 18.3 59.8
Sub-total 49 39.2 162.5 18.3 279.7
Multilateral
African Development Bank 20.0 — 30.0 — 50.0
European Union Commission 49.2 — 68.4 9.6 127.2
International Fund Agricultural Development — — 15.0 — 15.0
International Monetary Fund 13.0 — — — 13.0
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries — — — 12.9 12.9
United Nations Agencies — — 10.0 — 10.0
World Bank 45.0 — 30.0 — 75.0
Sub-total 127.2 — 153.4 22.5 303.1
Total-funds pledges 176.2 39.2 315.9 40.8 582.8
Funds requested 189.6 273.7 300.9 — 764.1

Notes

1 Government of Rwanda's programme of national reconciliation and socio-economic rehabilitation and recovery.

Sub-programme 1: financial support.

Sub-programme 2: reintegration of refugees and displaced-some duplication with consolidated inter-agency appeal.

Sub-programme 3: rehabilitation/development.

Pledges by Austria, Ireland, Spain and Sweden remain to be allocated into specific sub-programmes.

Thus the total of funds allocated to sub-programmes do not add up to the total.