Annex
UK/EU CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNMIK
KFOR
3,500 UK troops in KFOR.
Command of the KFOR sector covering central
Kosovo.
UNMIK
Police
The UK pledged and deployed 60 police to the UN International
Police. In response to the UN's request, we plan to double this
contribution. We are also looking at how to strengthen UNMIK's
capacity to tackle organised crime, including through the provision
of specialist UK officers.
The Commander of the UK contingent has been
appointed the Regional Commander for Pristina.
EU nations provide 28 per cent of the total
police deployment. European nations as a whole provide40 per cent
of the total.
ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS
UK pays 6.25 per cent of UNMIK assessed contributions.
Our contribution for June 1999 to June 2000 is £15.7 million.
The first tranche of £4.6 million has been paid and the second
tranche is due shortly.
UNMIK-RELATED FUNDING
UK pledged almost $8 million in the second half
of 1999 on activities in support of UNMIK:
— $1 million for salary costs for utilities
workers;
— $1 million on prisons and the use
of an Emergency Engineering Unit to help repair prison facilities.
— $3 million to support the transformation
of the former KLA and the establishment of the Kosovo Protection
Corps;
— $2.9 million on other support including
to the UN Mine Action and Co-ordination Centre, the provision
of a health management team for Pristina Hospital and providing
experts to the UNMIK Civil Administration pillar;
— we also spent almost $5 million up-grading
Pristina airport;
— in November 1999, we pledged a further
$10 million in budgetary support to UNMIK in 2000, of which $2
million has already been disbursed for civil registration. The
remaining $8 million will be disbursed soon: we are discussing
with UNMIK how to spend this most effectively.
OSCE
UK pays 10.34 per cent to the OSCE pillar of
UNMIK; estimated at £6.6 million for this year. We also provide
10 per cent of the international staff at a cost of around £1.8
million. We have over 30 civilian secondees working on human rights/rule
of law, democratisation, media development, elections and administration.
We have 40 UK police secondees at the police training school.
UK BILATERAL AID
DfID has 50 staff working on the ground in Kosovo.
In addition to the $68 million we have spent
in humanitarian and emergency assistance since the start of last
year, we have pledged £29 million for Kosovo in 2000, including
£22.5 million on humanitarian support and funding for longer
term capacity and institution-building. The remaining £6.5
million (US$10 million) is support to the UNMIK budget, including
for civil registration.
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
TRIBUNAL FOR
THE FORMER
YUGOSLAVIA
A UK Scenes of Crime Team (up to 20 personnel)
carried out forensic investigations in Kosovo between 18 June
and 24 October. The work will resume in the Spring.
In 1999 the UK's assessed contribution to ICTY
was £3.1 million. In 1999, our voluntary contribution amounted
to £1.1 million.
We have provided intelligence and other material
to ICTY.
One British judge works for the Tribunal.
EU CONTRIBUTION
The EU has agreed to provide 360 million euro
to Kosovo in 2000, most of it for reconstruction and in budgetary
support to UNMIK, with around 50 million euro in humanitarian
aid.
The EU is providing emergency budget support
to UNMIK. 10 million euro will arrive by 1 March, with a further
25 million euro to follow in two tranches, the first before 1
April.
The EU Reconstruction Agency (which has now
replaced the temporary task force) is responsible for the delivery
of EU assistance. Since starting work in July 1999 it has disbursed
over 52 million euros.
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