HC Deb 06 March 1957 vol 566 c51W
38. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how the British delegation on the Fourth Committee of the United Nations voted on the Resolution inviting the British and French administrations in the Cameroons to grant travel documents to petitioners invited to appear before the proper organs of the United Nations; and what was the vote on the Resolution.

Mr. Ian Harvey

The United Kingdom Representative on the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations opposed the Resolution; it was adopted by 37 votes in favour to 13 against, with nine abstentions. The text of the Resolution is given on page 10 of United Nations document A/3554, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

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