§ Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the United Kingdom delegate to the Political Committee of the United Nations supported the principles embodied in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights during the recent discussion on the resolutions regretting the apartheid policy of the South African Government.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydThe United Kingdom Delegation stated in the Special Political Committee on 21st October that Her Majesty's Government were in full agreement with the principles concerning human rights and freedoms stated in the first operative paragraph of the resolution. However, the resolution as a whole was specifically concerned with the internal policy of the Government of the Union of South Africa and, for the reasons already given to the House, Her Majesty's Government could not support it.