HL Deb 23 January 1995 vol 560 c63WA
Lord Redesdale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps they are taking with other members of the European Union and the United Nations to end the refugee crisis in Zaire and facilitate the return of refugees to Rwanda.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Increased refugee return depends on greater security in the camps outside Rwanda and efforts to rebuild the country's economic and social fabric. We are, with EU partners, pressing the UN to take urgent action to improve security, At the Rwanda Round Table on 18–19 January, the international community, including the UK and EU partners, pledged about 578 million dollars in support of Rwanda's 1995 Programme of National Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Recovery.