HC Deb 27 May 1957 vol 571 cc7-8
11. Mr. A. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now instruct his representative at the United Nations to propose that the General Assembly or the Security Council should consider the establishment of a United Nations permanent force and the strengthening of the Peace Observation Commission as part of the United Nations machinery for settling disputes between nations.

15. Mr. Snow

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what conclusion he has reached on the organisation of a permanent United Nations force which could be readily on call

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

While Her Majesty's Government hope that some- thing of a permanent nature may develop from the present United Nations Emergency Force, they think it would be premature to take an initiative for the establishment of a United Nations permanent force or the strengthening of the Peace Observation Commission. In present circumstances, such an initiative would be more likely to cause the disruption of the United Nations Emergency Force.