§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the number of British sponsored and financed human rights monitors in Africa; and if he will list the countries in which they are working. [28599]
§ Mr. HanleyUN human rights monitors are deployed in Rwanda and Burundi.
Rwanda has 101 human rights monitors in the field. The UK is the largest bilateral donor and has contributed £3 million since 1995 towards the cost of the operation. The UK also contributes through the European Union, which is funding 11 of the UN monitors, rising to 27 at the end of May.
In Burundi the first four UN monitors, funded by the European Union, were deployed in April 1996.
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