§ Q4. Mr. Ioan L. Evansasked the Prime Minister what plans he has for visiting the United Nations Organisation and participating in the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
§ The Prime MinisterI shall be visiting the United States later this month and hope to address the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16th December.
§ Mr. EvansI should like to thank my right hon. Friend for that encouraging reply. Will he stress to the General Assembly the wholehearted support of the people of this country for the work of the United Nations, will he make a plea for a political settlement in Vietnam, and will he continue with his efforts to bring about a non-proliferation pact to remove the fears of nuclear warfare from the people of the world?
§ The Prime MinisterI will bear all those things in mind when I start to prepare the speech; and I will consider whether to tell the United Nations that hon. Gentlemen opposite no less than those on this side are as keen that the Prime Minister of this country should address the United Nations as they were 1638 when Mr. Macmillan addressed it not long ago.
§ Mr. LongdenWill the Prime Minister, when he addresses the General Assembly, make it clear that the aims of the United Nations differ not only from those of Rhodesia, which can be summarised as being permanent or at any rate indefinite white supremacy, but also from the aims of this country, which can be summarised as being gradual majority rule, whereas the aims of the United Nations are majority rule tomorrow? Will he instruct our representative not to vote for resolutions which have that as their objective?
§ The Prime MinisterIf I catch the eye of the President of the Assembly I shall of course express the views of this country on this matter, not the views of Rhodesia, nor the views of certain other members of the United Nations. On this point, we have made it clear that there will have to be a period of multi-racial partnership before there can be independence or majority rule.
§ Mr. HeathWill the Prime Minister in his address also tell the United Nations what the Government are prepared to do in order to encourage the Trade and Aid Board set up as a result of U.N.C.T.A.D. at Geneva, to which the Government have so far given absolutely no encouragement?
§ The Prime MinisterI certainly do not accept the last few words of the right hon. Gentleman's question. We have given a great deal of encouragement to this body, and I will certainly be prepared to say a few words about the encouragement that we have given when I address the United Nations.