HC Deb 30 November 1955 vol 546 c2289
16. Mr. Parkin

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which resolution of the United Nations covers the embargo by Her Majesty's Government on the export of certain goods to North Vietnam.

Lord John Hope

Security controls on exports to North Vietnam were introduced in order to prevent the shipment to China through that territory of goods embargoed for China in pursuance of the United Nations Resolution of May, 1951.

Mr. Parkin

Will the Joint Under-Secretary call his Minister's attention to the fact that the United Nations Resolution did not lay down any specific list of goods for embargo? Will he also point out that that Resolution related to hostilities in Korea and was directed at bringing those hostilities to a close, and that there is now no longer any sense in these trade embargoes?

Lord John Hope

I do not think that the hon. Gentleman has stated quite accurately what the Resolution of 1951 did. It recommended every State to apply controls to give effect to the embargo on the shipment of certain goods to China and North Korea. This is precisely what our security export controls against North Vietnam are designed to do.