§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his Department's estimate of the total expenditure of the United Nations in East Timor since its staff returned there in late 1999; of this expenditure, how much is (a) on UN staff costs and (b) distributed to the people of East Timor. [108887]
§ Mr. HainThe Secretary-General reported to the UN General Assembly on 29 November that he expected the cost of civilian staffing for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor to be US$53,632,100 and the cost of military staff to be $54,412,800 for the period 1 December 1999 to 31 March 2000. He will report again to the General Assembly in March with revised estimates, including on disbursements for staffing costs to date.
The UN Inter-Agency-Coordinated Appeal for East Timor, launched on 27 October 1999, set out requirements of US$199 million for urgent humanitarian needs. This was subsequently revised to $126 million, with the remaining $57 million of spending plans assumed into those for longer term reconstruction and development spending. Of this $126 million, $40 million was expected to have been disbursed by the end of 1999.
A United Nations/World Bank Donor meeting held in Tokyo on 17 December 1999 also set out requirements of $300 million over three years for reconstruction and medium to long-term development and $28.3 million for the governance and public administration of East Timor. Voluntary contributions for these requirements will be channelled through Trust Funds established by the World Bank and United Nations respectively.