HC Deb 12 June 1973 vol 857 c302W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now refer the dispute between the United Kingdom and Iceland to the Security Council of the United Nations in occordance with Article 37 of the United Nations Charter as likely to endanger the maintenance of peace and international security.

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now refer the dispute between Iceland and the United Kingdom to the Security Council of the United Nations in accordance with Article 37 of the United Nations Charter as likely to endanger the maintenance of peace and international security; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Amery

Her Majesty's Government, in a letter of 28th May, drew the attention of the President and members of the Security Council to the serious situation created by the continued and intensified Icelandic harassment of British trawlers. The International Court of Justice, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, is already seized of the dispute; and for this reason it is not at present appropriate to ask the Security Council to take action.