§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will press for full United Nations recognition of the National Assembly as Namibia's rightful administration.
§ Mr. LuceNeither Her Majesty's Government nor any other outside Government have recognised the National Assembly. We are continuing to work for a Namibian settlement on a basis that will be acceptable to the international community and the Namibian people as a whole.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will urgently consult other members of the Western Contact Group with a view to proposing alternative observation and monitoring machinery of Namibian elections that will be acceptable to all parties concerned, either along the lines of a European Economic Community monitoring force or a monitoring force composed of the Western Five and the front-line States.
§ Mr. LuceHer Majesty's Government continue to believe, with our partners in the Western Five, that only a settlement based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, and under the aegis of the United Nations, will be generally acceptable. Discussions at present are focussed on ways in which the United Nations plan might be strengthened.