§ 119. Mr. Fenner Brockwayasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what instructions have been given to the United Kingdom delegates to the United Nations Assembly on the subject of racial discrimination in the Union of South Africa.
§ Mr. J. FosterI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Flint, East (Mrs. White) on 30th October in which I stated that the view of the United Kingdom Government is that the subject matter falls outside the competence of the United Nations and that any discussion of it is out of order. The United Kingdom Delegation therefore opposed the inclusion of this item in the agenda of the General Assembly,[...]and for these reasons abstained from [...]voting on the two resolutions dealing with the substance of the matter which were recently passed by the ad hoc Political Committee of the General Assembly.