Global Conflict Prevention Pool (Hansard, 12 March 2004)

§ Mr. Rammell

The following table gives readily available details of items which have been 'gifted' under the strategies of the Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) since it was set up. To undertake further

GCPP strategy	Recipient	Financial year	Total cost	Description (end use)
Afghanistan	afghan Transitional	2002–03 (£63,092) and	£4.8 million total	kabul Entry Vehicle Check-points:
	administration	2003–04 (£100,000)	£163,092
				buildings (nine): £50,000 Equipment: £100,000 comprising hand-held metal detector: mirrors for vehicle checks, generators, heaters, basic drug identification kits, communications. cold-weather clothing, torches, spotlights, beds, water tanks. Joint Security Co-ordination Centre Equipment: £13,000 comprising computers, software and licenses, printers, scanners, digital projector, fax machine, photocopier, communications, office furniture, stationery.
		2002–03 (£850,000) and	£1,475,000	office of the National Security Adviser:
		2003–04 (£625,000)
				temporary office accommodation: £900,000
				office equipment: £575,000 comprising security (CCTV etc.).
				communications, audiovisual, vehicles, office furniture, generators.
		2003–04	£90,000	police Crime Scene Investigation Units:
				uniforms and specialist clothing: £55,000
				office Equipment: £20,000
				computers and software: £15,000
		2003–04	£6,500	counter Narcotics Directorate: Computers and office equipment.
		2003–04	£921,500	afghan Border Police Headquarters: Contribution to total cost of building.
		2002–03 (£1,300,000) and 2003–04 (£817,753)	£2,117,753	afghan National Army: Communications equipment and spares: 2.027,753 Vehicles (6 jeeps and 9 trucks): 90,000
		2003–04	£10,000	regional Police equipment:
				60 x Blankets, one x 60m carpet, 300 jackets. security equipment (torches, mirrors. hand-tools), two 4x4 pick-up trucks. vehicle spares.
Balkans	uNMIK	September 2003	£555,101	kosovo Organised Crime Bureau: surveillance equipment for tackling organised crime.
	oHR	january 2003	£167,222	computer equipment and software to combat organised crime in Bosnia.
Belize and Guatemala	belize Defence Force	2001–02	£169,555	non-lethal military equipment including aircraft parts and freight costs, Land Rovers and spares. radio equipment.
		2002–03	£248,996	non-lethal military equipment including uniforms, mess kits. tents, hammocks, radio equipment.
		2003–04	£116,566	non-lethal military equipment including uniforms, trucks, outboard motors, mess kits.
Central and		2001–02	£282,500	six hornet radars. body armour, global positioning system, mine detector sets, flares, electronic wheelbarrow. helmets. EOD equipment also supplied..
Eastern Europe			£75.000	four fork-lift trucks
Former Soviet Union	government of Uzbekistan.	2001–02	£71,169	electronic court reporting equipment for the Uzbek courts in Tashkent.
	oSCE	2002–03 and 2003–04	£268,444	riot shields and riot clothing for the OSCE Special Police
				adviser in Kyrgyzstan.
India/Pakistan				nothing 'gifted'.
Indonesia/E. Timor				nothing 'gifted'.
Middle East and North	palestinian Authority	2002–03	£32,337	gaza Project details:
Africa				phase I
				-Computer equipment: £12,125.3
				-Copiers and faxes: £5,223.39
				-Video conference kit: £5,948.72(to link N and S Gaza)
				-Merez Radio/phones: £3,380.57
				-Furniture: £5,241.24

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research would involve disproportionate costs. Gifting is taken as referring to items which have been donated by HMG to another Government.

The GCPP is intended to support the prevention, management and resolution of conflict, and post conflict reconstruction to help avoid the re-ignition of conflict at a later date. A range of activities are covered, for example: development of new governance and justice systems; disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of fighters into society and development of alternative livelihoods for them; training for police, armed forces and other parts of the security sector in democratic and accountable systems which respect human rights. Most GCPP funding is spent on consultancy and other non-capital support to these objectives. Related technical and other equipment is however sometimes supplied under Ministerially approved guidelines, where this supports an agreed conflict prevention strategy.

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GCPP strategy	Recipient	Financial year	Total cost	Description (end use)
	palestinian Authority	2003–04	£36,235	phase II
				-Computer equipment: £15,824.2
				-Copiers and faxes: £8,312.96
				-Merez Radio/phones: £3,515.79
				-Furniture: £8,113.37
				total units:
				computer equipment (includes PC, Keyboard. CPU and
				uPS) = 35
				printers = 9
				copiers = 10
				faxes = 9
				merez Radio/phones = 51
				furniture (includes desks, chairs etc) for 45 staff in North
				gaza, Gaza City and Khan Yunis.
	palestinian Authority	2002–03 and 2003–04	£7,921	jericho Monitoring Mission
				infrastructure improvements at Jericho gaol included:
				prison perimeter walls—barbed wire for inner and outer prison walls: £2,078
				halogen lighting: £367
				i metal detector arch: £5,480
				all paid to enhance UK/US monitor safety.
Nepal	government of Nepal	2002–03 and 2003–04	£4.3 m total £350,000	explosive Ordnance Detail (bomb disposal).
	rNA	2001–02, 2002–03 and	£125,600	tactical radios, night vision telescopes and binoculars.
		2003–04
		2001–02 and 2002–03	£137,600	normal binoculars, mobile phones, laptops, compasses.
		2002–03	£2,600,000	two transport helicopters.
		2001–02, 2002–03 and	£400.000	infrastructure work for UN Peacekeeping centre at
		2003–04		panchkal (Nepal).
		2001–02.	£182,300	reconditioned Land Rovers including spares.
				Note: Some of these items (e.g. radios) have been gifted every year the Strategy has been running.
OSCE				nothing 'gifted'.
Small Arms, Light				nothing 'gifted'.
Weapons
Sri Lanka	sri Lankan Army	2002–03	£92,000	eOD equipment.
Security Sector Reform	uruguay Ministry of	february 2004	£7,239.83	high visibility jackets.
	interior
United Nations	government of	2001–02	£27,014	3 NERA satellite telephones plus airtime.
	uruguay
	uN Department of peacekeeping operations	2002–03	£25,000	english language training books.
	uruguayan armed forces	2003–04	£30,000	firearms training simulator.
	paraguayan	to be donated on 19–3-	£3,793	computer equipment to be used during a civilian/military
	peacekeeping School	04		planning exercise to develop UN peacekeeping capacity (2
				pCs, 2 projectors, 4 screens).
Iraq	iraqi Police, Fire and Ambulance Service	2003–04	£1 million	3,200 hand-held and 300 vehicle radios to improve the responsiveness of the Iraq Emergency Services in
				mND(SE).
	iraqi Civil Defence Corps	2003–04	£159,000	to provide vehicles (13 GAZ trucks) to the 5th ICDC battalion in MND (SE) in order to improve local security and create the conditions for the transition to local, national and strategic stand off.
	iL-IRAQIYA (Iraqi media network)	2003-04	£484.937	supply of an outside broadcast/satellite news gathering vehicle.