§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of what United Nations agencies the United Kingdom is currently in membership; and whether he has any plans to reconsider these.
§ Mr. EggarThe United Kingdom is currently a member of the following United Nations intergovernmental agencies.
- FAO, Food and Agriculture Organisation
- GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- ITC, International Trade Centre
- IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organisation
- IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development
- ILO, International Labour Organisation
- IMO, International Maritime Organisation
- IMF, International Monetary Fund
- ITU, International Telecommunication Union
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
- UNIDO.United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
- UPOV, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- UPU, Universal Postal Union
- WHO, World Health Organisation
- WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organisation
- WMO, World Meteorological Organisation
We participate actively in the policy making of all United Nations agencies and seek, where necessary, to improve the management of the their programmes. Our continued membership is dependent on a conviction that the programmes are soundly based and offer good value for money. In the case of UNESCO this is no longer so and the United Kingdom's membership will cease from 31 December 1985.