§ Mr. Brockwayasked the Lord Privy Seal how the British delegation at the United Nations General Assembly voted on the resolution sponsored by 43 African and Asian countries embodying a declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples; and which delegations voted for the resolution, which against, and which abstained.
§ Mr. HeathThe United Kingdom abstained on the Afro-Asian draft declaration. The resolution was adopted by 89 votes in favour, none against, with 9 abstentions (Australia, Belgium, Dominican Republic, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States). Dahomey was absent.