HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 cc940-1W
Mr. Streeter

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what humanitarian aid her Department is currently providing for Serbia. [96220]

Clare Short

Since May 1999, European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) has allocated 26.5 million euros for assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), of which the UK attribution is about 15 per cent. This consists of food and hygiene assistance to up to 770,000 vulnerable people, repairs to accommodation for displaced people, psycho-social support, small-scale emergency water and sanitation projects, and support to social institutions. Programmes are being implemented through major agencies such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR).