§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the items of United Nations expenditure which Her Majesty's Government have opposed on the grounds that they might be used, directly or indirectly, to finance terrorist activity; what decision was taken by the United Nations in each case; and what further action Her Majesty's Government are taking to avoid expenditure of this type.
§ Mr. WhitneyWhere it is clear that United Nations expenditure is intended to assist the financing of unacceptable activities, we have voted against such expenditure. At the last session of the general assembly, we opposed resolutions 38/39A and 38/54 which inter alia called for the provision of material assistance to certain liberation movements. We were outvoted. We shall continue to oppose United Nations expenditure of this nature.