§ 4. Mr. Archerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make proposals at the United Nations, with a view to the establishment of machinery to implement the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, comparable with that relating to the Convention on Refugees.
§ The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Goronwy Roberts)The Economic and Social Council has recently decided to establish a list of experts to advise States concerned with liquidating slavery and the slave trade. I think we must see how this works before proposing new measures. But I shall meanwhile try to arrange for my hon. Friend's interesting idea to be considered in the course of a study of measures to implement the slavery conventions which will shortly be initiated by the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities;.
§ Mr. ArcherI thank my right hon. Friend for that Answer. Does he not agree that every day during which the Supplementary Convention remains a dead letter is a further day of personal tragedy for millions of people? Will he make sure that it does not continue to remain a dead letter?
§ Mr. RobertsI expect that this sub-commission which I mentioned will have a very close look at the implementation of the two Conventions.