HC Deb 21 May 1952 vol 501 cc56-7W
Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the Governments which voted for the partition of Palestine have refused up to date to subscribe to the present Arab refugees' fund.

Mr. Nutting

Thirty-three Governments voted for the United Nations resolution for the partition of Palestine. Of this number the Governments of Brazil. Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Uruguay did not contribute to the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees (December, 1948, to April, 1950).

The Governments of Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Uruguay and Venezuela did not contribute to the programme of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the period of May, 1950, to June, 1951.

The Governments of Brazil, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Uruguay have not so far contributed or offered to contribute to the programme of United Nations Relief and Works Agency, for the period of July, 1951, to June, 1952.