§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what extra representation from the United Kingdom there will be at the United Nations second special session on disarmament.
§ Mr. RifkindMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will address the session. We shall be represented throughout the session by our disarmament delegation from Geneva led by the ambassador, Mr. David Summerhayes. The whole delegation has been transferred from Geneva to New York and has been reinforced from London. Mr. Frank Judd, director of the VSO, is acting as independent adviser to the delegation in liason with British non-governmental organisations.
§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to publish the Government's proposals tabled for the United Nations second special session on disarmament.
§ Mr. RifkindThe Government's proposals for a comprehensive programme of disarmament were tabled in the Committee on Disarmament on 31 July 1981 and published as document CD/205. A memorandum giving the Government's views on the second United Nations special session on disarmament was published in "Arms Control on Disarmament" No. 11—February 1982—and in "ADIU Report" volume 4 No. 2—March/April 1982. Copies of these publications are available in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what publications his Department has issued in connection with the United Nations second special session on disarmament; and in what quantities.
§ Mr. RifkindWe have issued four reprints of the final document of the first United Nations special session on disarmament, totalling 1,500 copies, and the following new material:
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Leaflet The Balanced View 70,000 Booklet Peace and Disarmament 70,000 Wallsheet Arms Control and Disarmament 35,000 Leaflet Britain's Disarmament Proposals 5,000 In addition, memoranda and reports on the special session have appeared in issues 10, 11 and 12 of our quarterly Arms Control Newsletter, which has a circulation of 4,000 copies.
A reference paper, "Britain and the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament", has been distributed to our diplomatic missions overseas. 7,250 copies were printed.
Copies of these publications are available in the Library of the House.