§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the response to the statement of Senor Pérez de Cuellar on 30 September that he had a mandate from the United Nations General Assembly to bring the United Kingdom and Argentina to the negotiating table.
§ The Prime MinisterWe are not aware that the Secretary-General made any such public statement on 30 September. The Secretary-General has a mandate under General Assembly Resolution 37/9, against which the United Kingdom voted, to assist the parties in resuming negotiations. He is well aware of our attitude to that resolution.