§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government intend to implement the recommendation in the ODA's fundamental expenditure review, paragraph 13.37, that the ODA should reduce further contributions to UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme; and what account was taken of UNICEF's management review. [18339]
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ODA mine clearance actions since April 1993 (as at 15 February 1996) £ Country Project 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Afghanistan Halo: Mine clearance and mine awareness in the Shomali Valley 416,131 223,087 275,000 Afghanistan UNOCHA: Minefield surveying, planning and management; mine awareness; clearance and clearance Training 500,000 1,000,000 750,000 Angola MAG: Minefield survey and marking (4 months) Luena, Moxico province, Phase I (£223,243) and Phase II (£498,825) — 722,068 300,000 Angola Halo: Recce, surveying and demining (5 months) Benguela/Kuito corridor Phase I (£259,243) and Phase II (£640,430 + £103,570) — 899,430 303,570 Angola Central Mines Action Office within UCAH: two staff posts for one year + equipment and office support costs — 226,029 — Cambodia Halo: Mine clearance in Banteay Meanchey and Siem Reap 277,142 376,549 198,350 Cambodia MAG: Mine clearance in Battambang 50,625 316,876 271,388 Cambodia Support of Cambodian Mine Action Centre (through UNDP) 1,133,333 1,000,000 — Northern Iraq MAG: Training and mine clearance in Halabja 200,439 — 444,750 Laos MAG: Mine eradication and community education programme in Xieng Khouang Province — — 454,386 Laos UNDP: 6 months x Programme Management Adviser (PMA) to support Lao national mine clearance programme +12 months x UN Volunteer to support PMA — — 89,000 Mozambique Halo: Demining of roads in Zambezia Province (Phases I and II) 574,586 414,832 561,000 Rwanda Support to UN training and equipment of Rwanda mine clearance teams: 20 x Schiebel 19/2 detectors — 30,000 — Somalia NW Rimfire: Mine clearance training; clearance management; mine awareness in and around Hargeisa — — — Yemen Support to UN appeal — 100,000 —
§ Mr. HanleyIn autumn 1996 we shall be reviewing progress on reform in UN development agencies, including UNDP and UNICEF. This review will take account of evaluations such as UNICEF's management review.
Meanwhile, we have just announced that our 1996 contributions to UNDP and UNICEF will be maintained at last year's levels.