Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 February 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 1999. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 February 1999 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance was made available in 1998 to other countries for landmine clearance in those countries; and if she will make a statement. - Includes figures and ref to the Ottawa Convention.

Answer: Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial assistance was made available in 1998 to other countries for landmine clearance in those countries; and if she will make a statement. [72558] Clare Short: The Department for International Development (DFID) has committed over £6.2 million to humanitarian mine action, to date, in 1998-99. Clearance projects account for the major part of this programme. DFID's progress report on humanitarian mine action for 1998 and its future plans will be published on 1 March, marking the passing into international law of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Landmines and on their Destruction.

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