§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will suggest to the Russian authorities and to the United Nations Secretary General that UN personnel and their associated equipment and consumables be shipped by air direct to Sukhum, instead of transhipping them by road from an airport in Russia; and whether they will also ask the United Nations to make, and publish, a rough estimate of the costs of using the two methods.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyWe have no plans to intervene in the detailed management of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) which is a matter for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. We are satisfied that UNOMIG is being run in an economical and efficient manner.