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Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey): UNHCR have made clear that they will assist anyone wishing to return to Turkey from Atrush Camp. They are currently looking at possible solutions for those who choose not to do so, and have said that refugees will not be forced to return. Monitoring the situation inside Turkey for those who do return is part of the UNHCR's standard practice; we expect the Turkish authorities to co-operate with the UNHCR.
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: It is for UNICEF to respond to allegations made against their staff in Iran.
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: We are aware of the programme shown on CNN about the treatment of children in the Hazrat Ali mental asylum. But we have no confirmation of the allegations subsequently made against Muhammad Reza Husseini. We are concerned about the alleged threats against Ms Nahid Zare Kamal, but have no independent means to investigate.
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: The Fugitive Intelligence Support Team is part of the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. It is staffed by employees of the tribunal. It acts as the contact point with outside law enforcement agencies, co-ordinating evidence on indictees. We will be seconding a police officer to it and are encouraging others to provide secondees and resources.
There has been some discussion of the idea of a special police force but no international agreement.
The Peace Implementation Council Steering Board was established at the London Peace Implementation Conference held in London on 8th-9th December 1995. It normally meets monthly and keeps the Peace Implementation Council informed of developments in the peace process. The board comprises representatives of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Turkey (on behalf of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference), the Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission. It is chaired by the High Representative.
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: We have no evidence that UK-supplied water cannon have been used against peaceful civilian demonstrations in Indonesia, although we have recently received a report, which we are studying, alleging such use in Bandung in June 1996. Following the riots in Jakarta in July we have ensured that the Indonesian authorities are well aware of our concern that this equipment should not be used indiscriminately or to disperse peaceful demonstrations in violation of the universal human rights of freedom of expression, association and assembly.
We have received representations about the export of water cannon to Indonesia from various sources, including Members of Parliament, non-governmental organisations and the general public.
Licence applications for the export of defence equipment to all destinations, including Indonesia, are considered on a case by case basis. We monitor political developments in Indonesia closely, including the human rights situation there. These factors are taken into account before decisions are taken to allow the export of British defence equipment, including water cannon. Not all applications are approved. We do not licence for export any UK defence equipment which we judge likely to be used for internal repression. Any future applications for water cannon would also be considered on an individual basis, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time. We have no plans to suspend licences already issued for the export of water cannon to Indonesia.
The Earl of Sandwich asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: Grants made by the Overseas Development Administration to United Kingdom Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in 1995-96 for work in developing countries amounted to £163,845,411 as detailed in the attached table. The comparable figure in 1993-94 was £148,610,155 and in 1994-95 £173,124,136--an exceptional year due to the Rwanda crisis.
In addition we made grants amounting to £15,655,907 in 1995-96 to United Kingdom NGOs for work in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The comparable figure in 1993-94 was £9,839,600 and in 1994-95, £11,989,655.
United Kingdom NGOs also draw substantially on European Union aid programmes, to which we contribute.
The table below provides details of all ODA grants in 1995-96.
Voluntary organisation(1) | Amount of direct grant awarded in financial year 1995-96(2) |
ACORD | 1,234,548 |
Action Disability & Development | 237,365 |
Action Health 2000 | 45,318 |
Action in International Medicine | 5,000 |
ActionAid | 5,587,350 |
Active Learning Centre | 34,983 |
Afghan Aid | 300,000 |
Africa Educational Trust | 26,673 |
Africa Now | 172,286 |
Africa Resources Trust | 100,000 |
African Development Fund | 3,481,681 |
African Society for International & Comparative Law | 17,592 |
Afro-Asian Society of Nematology | 430 |
Aga Khan Foundation | 1,194,086 |
AHRTAG | 695,956 |
Alternative for India Development | 47,124 |
AMREF | 242,309 |
Anti Slavery International | 6,464 |
APT Design and Development | 325,216 |
APTT Trust UK | 7,298 |
Arpana Charitable Trust (UK) | 34,000 |
ASLIB | 94 |
Association for Better Land Husbandry | 134,298 |
Associated Country Women of the World | 4,356 |
Association of Commonwealth Universities | 2,592,386 |
BirdLife International | 206,066 |
British Institute of International & Comparative Law | 25,000 |
British Afghanistan Trust | 21,515 |
Britain Nepal Medical Trust | 149,869 |
British Executive Service Overseas | 747,731 |
British Red Cross Society | 16,167,110 |
Busoga Trust | 79,275 |
CAFOD | 2,960,965 |
Calcutta Rescue Fund | 2,182 |
Cambodia Trust | 158,454 |
Canon Collins Educational Trust for South Africa | 21,595 |
Canterbury Christ Church College IPO | 146,048 |
CARE International UK | 9,205,344 |
Catholic Institute for International Relations | 2,029,863 |
Charities Aid Foundation | 65 |
Charities Evaluation Services | 6,150 |
ChildHope | 136,932 |
Christain Aid | 7,685,178 |
Christain Engineers in Development | 27,192 |
Christain Fellowship Trust | 7,518 |
Christain Outreach | 461,639 |
Christains Abroad | 61,237 |
Church Missionary Society | 6,630 |
Co-operation for Development | 186,937 |
CODA International Training | 260,735 |
Code Europe | 40,940 |
Commonwealth TUC | 150,299 |
Commonwealth Human Ecology Council | 47,189 |
Concern Universal | 919,162 |
Concern Worldwide | 1,082,164 |
Conciliation Resources (IWPR) | 31,857 |
Consortium for Street Children | 16,100 |
Cranfield Institute of Technology | 34,550 |
Cranfield Trust | 2,694 |
Cusichaca Project Trust | 28,290 |
Durham-Lesotho Link | 19,959 |
Education for Development | 34,315 |
Education Partners Overseas | 50,000 |
Farm Africa | 922,142 |
Feed the Children | 75,279 |
Feed the Minds | 29,831 |
Find Your Feet | 13,273 |
Food for The Hungry International | 62,157 |
Friends of ASSEFA | 30,249 |
Friends of Conservation | 50,451 |
Fulshaind Village Trust | 17,295 |
GB China Education Trust | 21,222 |
GOAL | 141,570 |
Gordon Barclay Vietnam Fund | 2,998 |
Gurkha Welfare Trust | 93,131 |
Halo Trust | 1,551,495 |
Harvest Help | 42,371 |
Health Aid UK (Rwanda) | 84,300 |
Health Projects Abroad | 52,883 |
Health Unlimited | 874,075 |
HelpAge International | 462,746 |
Henry Doubleday Research Association | 17,421 |
Holy Trinity Church Middlesex | 14,100 |
Homeless International | 146,985 |
IUCN | 30 |
IACR-Rothamsted | 74,222 |
ICEA | 3,349 |
Ideas Aid International UK | 30,000 |
Impact Foundation | 10,533 |
India Development Group | 21,816 |
Institute of Development Studies | 2,880,658 |
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology | 3,780 |
Institute of Data Processing Management | 700 |
Institute for Animal Health | 73,868 |
International Agricultural Training Programme | 43,092 |
International Alert | 5,492 |
International Care and Relief | 16,490 |
International Cent Agroforestry | 46,287 |
International Childcare Trust | 67,631 |
International Children's Trust | 58,986 |
International Extension College | 178,508 |
International Family Health | 286,962 |
International Health Exchange | 160,499 |
International Planned Parenthood Federation | 8,800,763 |
International HIV/AIDS Alliance | 200,000 |
International Records Management Trust | 465,731 |
International Refugee Trust | 26,006 |
International Rescue Corps | 1,069 |
International Trust for Nature Conservation | 2,103 |
Interfund | 114,312 |
Interights | 25,000 |
Intermediate Technology Development | 3,705,475 |
INTRAC | 37,981 |
Islamic Relief | 59,602 |
Joint Mission Hospital Equipment Board | 16,422 |
Karuna Trust | 16,300 |
Kasanka Trust | 1,700 |
Kerala Federation for the Blind | 8,350 |
King Mahendra Trust | 58,625 |
Kurdish Life Aid | 307,000 |
Legal Assistance Trust | 90,572 |
Leonard Cheshire Foundation | 47,119 |
Leprosy Mission | 9,832 |
Leprosy Mission (Scotland) | 17,587 |
League for Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers | 2,200 |
Life Sowing Ministries | 217,260 |
Link Africa | 30,495 |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 1,424,078 |
Manacare Foundation | 195,357 |
Marie Stopes International | 2,981,229 |
Marlborough Brandt Group | 15,048 |
Medecins Sans Frontieres | 488,025 |
Medical Aid for Iraq | 392,500 |
Medical Aid for Iraqi Children | 22,500 |
Medical Aid for Palestinians | 81,892 |
Medical Emergency Relief International | 450,000 |
Medical Research Council | 3,175,003 |
Methodist Church Overseas | 16,764 |
Mines Advisory Group | 1,921,789 |
Motivation | 85,589 |
NACRO | 14,800 |
Nairobi Hospice Charitable Trust | 49,072 |
National Children's Homes | 5,913 |
New Age Access | 40,755 |
New Economics Foundation | 3,378 |
New Hope Rural Community Trust | 2,721 |
Ockenden Venture | 311,588 |
One World Action | 208,376 |
One World Broadcasting Trust | 66,005 |
Opportunity Trust | 197,620 |
Orbis International | 33,993 |
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) | 2,078,138 |
OXFAM | 11,581,358 |
Pattaya Orphanage Trust | 29,904 |
Plan International | 886,037 |
Plunkett Foundation | 11,059 |
Population Concern | 721,777 |
Project Ploughshare | 7,309 |
Red R | 29,000 |
Refugee Council | 9,000 |
Richmond Fellowship International | 70,641 |
RNIB | 240 |
Royal Agricultural Society | 6,020 |
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 78,023 |
Ryder Cheshire Mission | 100,000 |
South Africa Advanced Education Project | 677 |
South Africa Townships Health Fund | 72,000 |
SPANA | 10,290 |
Saigon Children's Charity | 4,285 |
Sandy Gall Afghan Appeal | 86,048 |
Save The Children Fund | 17,190,175 |
Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) | 349,918 |
Scottish Crop Research Institute | 69,830 |
Send A Cow | 31,375 |
Sightsavers | 152,333 |
Silsoe Research Institute | 520,431 |
Skillshare Africa | 1,609,499 |
Small Business Research Trust | 2,879 |
SOS Sahel International | 547,604 |
Southeast Asian Outreach | 50,001 |
Tear Fund | 686,293 |
Thomson Foundation | 71,169 |
Tourism Concern | 100 |
Toybox | 15,428 |
Traidcraft Exchange | 168,858 |
Trax Program Support | 30,936 |
Tropical Agriculture | 1,200 |
Tropical Health and Education Trust | 76,947 |
TUIREG | 34,056 |
UNAIS | 929,000 |
Uganda Aids Action Fund | 1,350 |
Uganda Society for Disabled Children | 90,972 |
UK Committee for UNICEF | 1,748,100 |
UK Foundation for People of the South Pacific | 222,175 |
UKJAID | 50,000 |
University of Warwick | 67,172 |
Urban Aid | 25,113 |
VetAid | 297,284 |
Village Service Trust | 15,055 |
Vision Aid Overseas | 3,491 |
Voluntary Service Overseas | 19,596,293 |
War on Want | 92,638 |
WaterAid | 844,922 |
Wells for India | 11,524 |
Wildlife Information Network | 59,668 |
Womankind | 39,133 |
Workers Educational Association | 4,371 |
World Conservation Monitoring | 43,554 |
World Conservation Union | 2,115 |
World University Service | 920,124 |
World Vision of Britain | 3,492,390 |
Worldwide Fund for Nature | 2,179,594 |
Y-Care International | 192,357 |
YES International | 389,702 |
You and Me | 34,250 |
Youth with A Mission | 116,614 |
Zimbabwe Trust | 56,650 |
Zoological Society of London | 69,024 |
Totals | 163,845,411 |
(1) Organisations registered as a charity with the Charity Commissioners in England or the Inland Revenue in Scotland.
(2) This represents expenditure channelled through NGOs for their own programmes and for development activities and emergency relief work undertaken on behalf of the Overseas Development Administration. It includes some research work where this is implemented by institutions which are within the definition of NGO given above.
Voluntary organisation Amount of direct grant awarded in financial year 1995-96
Active Learning Centre 10,436
Aga Khan Foundation 2,400,000
Balkans Relief 5,000
BEARR Trust 80
Bosnia Family Aid Appeal 3,500
Bosnia Hercegovina Heritage 1,500
British Helsinki Human Rights Group 3,714
British Institute of International and Comparative Law 232,569
British Association Central Eastern Europe 110,565
British Executive Service Overseas 367,351
British Red Cross Society 6,076,800
British Trust for Conservation 2,640
Care International UK 473,790
Charities Advisory Trust 23,500
Charities Aid Foundation 952,279
Charities Evaluation Services 93,451
Children in Crisis 17,600
Conservation Foundation 26,900
Enterprise Europe 20,372
Feed The Children 255,200
Healthprom 5,000
Help Medical 150,000
International Planned Parenthood Federation 50,620
International Waterfowl and Wetland Research Bureau 9,002
Islamic Relief Agency 5,000
Joint Mission Hospital Equipment Board 65,565
Mammal Society 216
Marie Stopes International 118,620
Medical Emergency Relief International 124,158
National Institute Agricultural Botany 245,350
Opportunity Trust 1,018
OXFAM 1,146,631
Plunkett Foundation 315,001
Romanian Orphanage Trust 83,108
RSPB 890
Salvation Army 28,000
Save The Children Fund 862,209
Scottish Agricultural College 452,605
Task Force Albania 38,300
Tear Fund 180,000
Thomson Foundation 248,691
UK Institute for Conservation 40
UKJAID 33,000
University of Warwick 7,225
Vision International 41,000
Voluntary Service Overseas 234,500
Warchild 19,139
World Conservation Monitoring 54,406
Worldwide Fund for Nature 26,750
YLS International 29,468
Young Enterprise 3,148
East European Totals 15,655,907
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