§ Mr. Donald AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the contribution funded from his Department for the reconstruction of Kosovo since June 1999; and what have been the levels of the contribution of(a) other EU member states, (b) Canada and (c) the USA. [117159]
§ Mr. VazThe UK is donating £119 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in 1999 and 2000. A further £15 million is also available for assistance to international relief organisations and to de-mining projects. Over the same period the other EU member states (excluding the UK) are donating 1.1 billion euros in bilateral humanitarian and reconstruction assistance. The Community itself allocated 507.7 million euros in 1999 and is donating 295 million euros in humanitarian and
564Wreconstruction assistance for 2000. The Canadian Government have committed C$34.5 million in humanitarian and budgetary assistance and C$69.5 million in peace-building initiatives from April 1999 to March 2001. The US has allocated £168 million in reconstruction aid and $95.6 million in humanitarian aid over 1999–2000.
§ Mr. Donald AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many police officers have been provided by the United Kingdom to serve in Kosovo; and how many have been provided by other countries. [117160]
§ Mr. HainThe United Kingdom has deployed 60 police officers to the United Nations International Police (UNIP) in Kosovo. At the request of the UN, we are increasing that contribution to 150 officers, including 20 specialists to help combat organised crime in Kosovo. In addition, the UK has contributed 40 officers to the OSCE-run school training the future Kosovo police service.
According to figures provided by the UN on 29 March, 2,760 civilian police officers have been deployed to UNIP by 43 other countries.