§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
How their representative voted on the resolutions at the Committee of the United Nations General Assembly urging the Government of El Salvador to initiate pre-election negotiations with the Left Opposition; which delegations voted in favour, which voted against, and which abstained.
§ The Secretary of State for Foreign and Common-wealth Affairs (Lord Carrington)Our representative abstained in the vote on the resolution and explained that although we welcomed the interim report on human rights in El Salvador as an important and balanced contribution to discussion, the resolution itself lacked balance.
Sixty-five nations voted for the resolution, twenty-one voted against, 54 abstained.