§ Harry CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects funded from the Global Conflict Prevention Pool since its establishment, indicating for each project the relevant countries and the total cost. [34469]
§ Mr. MacShaneI have been asked to reply.
A report on the activities of the pool in its first year will be published at the end of this financial year and will describe the programmes funded by the global pool. In the financial year 2001–02, a total of £60 million was allocated to the global pool, most of which is divided among the following 10 priority areas:
- The Balkans
- Central and Eastern Europe
- EU Civilian Crisis Management
- Indonesia and East Timor
- The Middle East and North Africa
- The OSCE
- Russia and the former Soviet Union
- Small arms and light weapons
- South Asia
- Strengthening the UN.
The global pool also funds some conflict prevention related activity outside these areas for which funding was pre-committed when the pool was set up in April 2001.