HC Deb 17 October 1973 vol 861 c183W
58. Mr. Willey

asked 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. Amery

As 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.

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