§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the role of the United Nations in Kosovo. [121067]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 5 May 2000]: The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has the unenviable task of reconstructing a devastated province and reconciling a polarised population. To this end UNMIK's operations have divided up under four pillars, covering civil administration, humanitarian relief, democratic institution-building and reconstruction.
We fully support UNMIK's efforts to carry out its mandate and have provided UK personnel to assist in local government, 60 civilian police officers with a further 90 promised and £119 million in humanitarian relief and reconstruction aid.