HC Deb 27 February 1957 vol 565 cc165-6W
58. Mr. Pitman

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which resolution of the United Nations forbids the United Nations Emergency Force to occupy the islands of Tiran and Sanafir in the Gulf of Aqaba, which, before the recent hostilities, were occupied by Egyptian forces.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

None. Indeed, on 2nd February the General Assembly of the United Nations endorsed the Secretary-General's view that United Nations troops should take over in that area when the Israelis withdraw.