§ 58. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries have ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and when Her Majesty's Government propose to do so.
§ Mr. AmeryAs at 1st October, the following 20 countries had ratified the covenant:
Barbados, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Norway, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, USSR, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.
We are continuing to study the possibility of ratifying the covenant. But I cannot yet give a date for ratification.