§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when(a) his Department and (h) Ministers were informed of plans to introduce an EU top level domain; and if he will make a statement on the accuracy of his Department's initial press briefings on this subject. [78126]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe information requested is not available at this time. However, I shall write to the hon. Member with a full answer as soon as possible.
§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the European Union offices outside of the EU, indicating the number of permanent staff; what the annual running cost is, of each office; what the diplomatic status of staff is; and if he will make a statement on the relationship between his Department and them. [78116]
§ Mr. MacshaneThere are 144 European Delegations in Third party countries, employing a total of 843 permanent staff:
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Delegation Permanent Staff Afghanistan, Kabul 8 Albania, Tirana 11 Algeria, Algiers 9 Angola, Luanda 5 Antigua and Barbuda, St. John's 0 Argentina, Buenos Aires 6 Armenia, Yerevan 0 Australia, Canberra 3 Bahamas, Nassau 0 326W
Delegation Permanent Staff Bangladesh, Dhaka 10 Barbados, Bridgetown 6 Belarus, Minsk 0 Belize, Belize City 0 Benin, Cotonou 9 Bolivia, La Paz 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo 9 Botswana, Gaborone 4 Brazil, Brasilia 9 Bulgaria, Sofia 7 Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou 11 Burundi, Bujumbura 3 Cambodia. Phnom Penh 2 Cameroon, Yaounde 9 Canada, Ottawa 5 Cape Verde, Praia 1 Central African Rep., Bangui 4 Chad, Ndjamena 5 Chile, Santiago 5 China, Beijing 18 China, Hong-Kong 4 Colombia, Bogota 8 Comores, Moroni 1 Congo, Rep., Brazzaville 3 Costa Rica, San Jose 2 Croatia, Zagreb 7 Cuba, Havana 1 Cyprus, Nicosia 3 Czech, Rep., Prague 8 Democratic Rep. of Congo, Kinshasa 6 Djibouti, Djibouti 1 Dominican Rep., Santo Domingo 7 Egypt, Cairo 13 El Salvador, San Salvador 0 Equador, Quito 0 Equatorial Guinea, Malabo 1 Eritrea, Asmara 3 Estonia, Tallin 6 Ethiopia, Addis Ababa 12 Fiji, Suva 4 Fyr Macedonia, Skopje 5 Gabon, Libreville 5 Gambia, Banjul 1 Georgia, Tbilissi 9 Ghana, Accra 7 Grenada, St. George's 0 Guatemala, Guatemala City 5 Guinea, Conakry 8 Guinea-Bissau, Bissau 3 Guyana, Georgetown 4 Haiti, Port Au Prince 5 Honduras, Tegucigalpa 0 Hungary, Budapest 7 India, New Delhi 12 Indonesia, Jakarta 9 Israel, Tel Aviv 6 Ivory Coast, Abidjan 11 Jamaica, Kingston 5 Japan, Tokyo 18 Jordan, Amman 8 Kazakhstan, Almaty 9 Kenya, Nairobi 13 Kingdom of Tonga, Nuku'alofa 0 Korea, Seoul 5 Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek 0 Laos, Vientiane 1 Latvia, Riga 6 Lebanon, Beirut 8 Lesotho, Maseru 3 Liberia, Monrovia 0 Lithuania, Vilnius 6 Madagascar, Antananarivo 10 Malawi, Lilongwe 6
Delegation Permanent Staff Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 2 Mali, Bamako 9 Malta, Valetta 4 Mauritania, Nouakchott 5 Mauritius, Port Louis 5 Mexico, Mexico City 6 Moldava, Chisinau 0 Morocco, Rabat 11 Mozambique, Maputo 7 Namibia, Windhoek 5 Nepal, Kathmandu 1 Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad 1 New Caledonia, Noumea 1 Nicaragua, Managua 13 Niger, Niamey 9 Nigeria, Abuja 7 Norway, Oslo 3 Pakistan, Islamabad 9 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby 4 Paraguay, Asuncio 1 Peru, Lima 6 Philippines, Manila 7 Poland, Warsaw 11 Romania, Bucharest 9 Russia, Moscow 23 Rwanda, Kigali 5 Samoa, Apia 0 Sao Tome and Príncipe, São Tome 1 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh 2 Senegal, Dakar 8 Sierra Leone, Freetown 4 Singapore, Singapore 1 Slovakia, Bratislava 6 Slovenia, Ljubljana 6 Solomon Islands, Honiara 1 South Africa, Cape Town 0 South Africa, Pretoria 12 Sri Lanka, Colombo 1 Sudan, Khartoum 3 Surinam, Paramaribo 1 Swaziland, Mbabane 2 Switzerland, Geneva 18 Syria, Damascus 9 Tajikistan, Dushanbe 0 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam 9 Thailand, Bangkok 12 Togo, Lomé 2 Transjordan and Gaza Strip, Jerusalem 10 Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain 2 Tunisia, Tunis 10 Turkey, Ankara 9 Uganda, Kampala 7 Ukraine, Kiev 11 United States of America, New York 11 United States of America, Washington 25 Uruguay, Montevideo 8 Vanuatu, Port Vila 1 Venezuela, Caracas 7 Vietnam, Hanoi 9 Yogoslavia, Belgrade 6 Zambia, Lusaka 7 Zimbabwe, Harare 4 Floater, Missions 5 Total 843 Note:
Where no permanent staff are listed, delegations are managed in entirety by locally engaged staff.
The total allocation under Title A6 of the budget (Staff and Administrative Expenditure of European Community Delegations) for 2002 is €273.3 million.
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