§ 42. Mr. Errollasked the Lord President of the Council whether he will arrange to issue in the near future a short summary of the principal points raised at the recent World Resources Conference at Lake Success, together, if possible, with some indication of what action is being taken or is to be taken by His Majesty's Government in connection therewith.
§ The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert Morrison)The United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilisation of Resources was essentially for the exchange of current technical experience over a wide field of natural resources. The Conference intentionally passed no resolutions, nor made any recommendations, and its proceedings do not lend themselves to a short summary which would be of any value. No action is called for by His Majesty's Government.
I understand that the Conference was successful in achieving its limited objectives and that the United Kingdom made a substantial and valuable contribution to its work, both in the attendance of an eminent delegation and by the numerous written papers from various other specialists.
A full report of the proceedings, with the papers contributed, will be produced by the United Nations Secretariat in due course, and will be available in the Library.