Written question asked by John Austin (Labour) on Monday, 19 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 April 1999. It was answered by Tony Lloyd (Labour) on Thursday, 22 April 1999 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional supplementary contributions the Government is giving to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to enable it to carry out its work in relation to the events in Kosovo. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional supplementary contributions the Government are giving to the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to enable it to carry out its work in relation to the events in Kosovo. [81730] Mr. Tony Lloyd: The Government have already contributed £290,000 this year to support various aspects of the work of the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in addition to the UK's assessed contribution for 1999 of US$5.08m. The Tribunal has not so far sought further financial contributions for its work on Kosovo. We will give careful consideration to any such requests should they be made. We are also considering certain requests for assistance in kind, in addition to the assistance with information on atrocities that we are already providing to the Tribunal.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 329 c613W; 81730
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Armed conflict Finance Tribunals War crimes Serbia Yugoslavia Kosovo International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Contains statistics: Yes