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Libya

Answer

The UN is co-ordinating humanitarian aid and leading the planning for building longer-term stability in Libya. Britain recognises that early preparation for the future is vital, and will continue to play its part. The situation is still unfolding. We stand ready to work with the UN and others to make an assessment of longer term stabilisation support needs in Libya, as conditions allow. Currently the Department for International Development (DfID) has a rolling team of approximately 15 people working on the response to the Libyan crisis, including on humanitarian, international engagement and stabilisation issues. In addition DfID has six humanitarian advisers deployed to the field (two at the Tunisian border, two at the Egyptian border, one in Cairo and one in Ankara). The tri-departmental Stabilisation Unit (consisting of staff from DfID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence) has a rolling team of approximately 10 people in London working on Libya issues. It has deployed five advisers to the region at different points over the past two months to support government efforts on Libya. Details of DfID's material contributions in response to the Libya unrest (as of 4 April 2011) are detailed in the table below.

DfID Bilateral Contributions in Response to Libya Unrest
Activity	Purpose	Recipient	Amount
To assist people within Libya
Support to ICRC	Medical supplies to assist people within Libya	ICRC	£2m
Shelter Supplies	Tents and blankets for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Libya	To be distributed by the Libyan Red Crescent	£0.765m
To assist people seeking to leave Libya
Shelter Supplies	Shelter supplies for people at the Libyan borders	IOM/UNHCR	£0.84m
Repatriations	Repatriation flights for people at the Libyan borders (35 flights to move 6,195 Egyptians and 521 Bangladeshis) and support to IOM operations	IOM (including in kind contribution of flights)	£3.1m
Support to IOM (repatriations)	Funding for additional repatriation flights for approximately 6,000 people	IOM/UNHCR	£4m
Air Operation Advisers (including extension agreed April 2011)	Advisers seconded to UNHCR	UNHCR	£0.175m
Total			£10.88m

DFID Indirect Contributions
Activity		Recipient	Amount
EC	15% of €30m EC Funds Committed	Various	£3.87m
Total			£3.87m
Grand Total			£14.75m

In addition, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has contributed £500,000 to the United Nations Department for Political Affairs for activity to encourage a positive political and stabilisation process in Libya.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

8330; 726 c399-400WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Armed conflict Development aid Politics and government Libya

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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