HL Deb 03 June 2003 vol 648 cc142-3WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What information they have received from the United Nations about the cost of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in 2002; whether they will place copies of reports made by UNMOGIP to the Security Council in the Library of the House; and whether they will propose to the Security Council that UNMOGIP be asked to submit a special report on civilian casualties caused by shelling across the Line of Control. [HL2819]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean:

The total cost to the UN for the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) for 2002 was 6,222,950 US dollars. UNMOGIP does not report directly to the United Nations Security Council. We have no plans to ask the Security Council to ask UNMOGIP to submit a special report on civilian casualties caused by shelling across the Line of Control.