HC Deb 19 December 1960 vol 632 cc99-100W
23. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Lord Privy Seal what estimate he has made of the United Kingdom's contribution to the United Nations military and other activities in the former Belgian Congo, up to the 31st Decemebr, 1960.

Mr. Heath

If the General Assembly adapts a recommendation passed by its Financial Committee, the United Kingdom contribution to the 1960 costs of the United Nations civil and military operations in the Congo will be assessed at about $3.77 million.

As I told the hon. Member for Bristol, West (Mr. Robert Cooke) on 8th November, Her Majesty's Government have also contributed $3 million to a United Nations voluntary fund of $100 million for budgetary aid to the Congo. The United Kingdom will also waive the cost of the airlift which it undertook on behalf of the United Nations. This amounts to about $520,000.

56. Mr. Grimond

asked the Lord Privy Seal to state Her Majesty's Government's present policy in the United Nations regarding the future of United Nations activities in the Congo.

Mr. Heath

Our policy is unchanged; the United Nations effort in the Congo has our full support.

60. Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Lord Privy Seal which Government of the Republic of the Congo is recognised by Her Majesty's Government; and what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the régimes now established in Elisabethville and Stanleyville.

Mr. Heath

Her Majesty's Government recognises M. Kasavubu as Head of State of the Congo. We have not recognised claims by persons in Stanleyville to constitute the Government of the Congo, nor have we recognised any Government of an independent state of Katanga.

62. Mr. C. Johnson

asked the Lord Privy Seal how Her Majesty's Government's representative voted on the resolutions in the Security Council relating to the Congo on 14th December, 1960.

Mr. Heath

Three resolutions were tabled in the Security Council: the first by the Soviet Union, the second by Poland, and a third sponsored jointly by Argentina, Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Representative voted against the first two and in favour of the last.

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