HC Deb 28 November 1962 vol 668 cc63-4W
92. Mr. Brockway

asked the Lord Privy Seal how the British delegate at the United Nations voted on the Brazilian resolution that all Latin America be made an inspected nuclear-free zone; and if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to urge the extension of the application of this principle to other regions, such as Central Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South-East Asia and the Pacific.

Mr. Heath

Discussion and voting on this resolution have been deferred, at the request of the sponsors, until a later stage of the present session of the General Assembly. Her Majesty's Government have no objection in principle to the formation of nuclear-free zones in certain areas, so long as such zones are set up voluntarily by the States concerned and the existing military balance is not disturbed. Our attitude to other proposals of this kind will depend on the circumstances of each case.