§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take the lead in bringing together the major industrial powers, including the United States of America and the Soviet Union, with a view to the setting up of a world disaster emergency service; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonNo such initiative is necessary. The United Nations Disaster Relief Office, which was established in 1971, is the world centre for the mobilisation and co-ordination of international emergency relief to disaster-stricken areas.