§ 70. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what has been the cost to public funds, and to the United Nations, respectively, of the operations and journeyings of the United Nations Council to South-West Africa; and whether he will give an assurance that Her Majesty's Government will accept no further financial liability there-for.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsThe total cost of the visit has not yet been published but I am advised that a reliable estimate would be of the order of £20,000.
The costs of the Council are borne on the regular budget of the United Nations of which Her Majesty's Government's assessed share in 1968, which is paid in full is 6.62 per cent. I cannot give the assurance for which the hon. Gentleman asks.