HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 cc525-6W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her policy is on providing humanitarian aid to towns in Serbia under political control of parties in opposition to the Government. [105362]

Clare Short

My Department's policy on humanitarian assistance is to target the most needy on the basis of verified assessments and full accountability, and not on the basis of political allegiance. We believe it is important that any assistance to Serbia as elsewhere should be based on a proper and reliable assessment of needs, that implementing partners should be carefully selected with an emphasis on reliability, and that scrupulous attention should be paid to accountability and transparency.

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