§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reports have been received from the United Nations Mission to the Yemen; and what was the result of their investigation into allegations of the use of poison gas by Egyptian forces of intervention.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe Secretary-General of the United Nations circulated a report to the Security Council on 4th September on the progress of the United Nations Yemen Observation Mission. A copy of this report is in the Library of the House.
The report does not refer to allegations of the use of poison gas. I understand that the Secretary-General received no evidence which substantiated such allegations, and that any evidence which has been brought to his attention has proved negative. That evidence included a report on certain bomb fragments handed over to Her Majesty's Government, which showed that the fragments Her Majesty's Government had received came from a tear gas container.