§ 72. Sir B. Jannerasked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the possibility that, because of lack of accommodation, the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations, for the first time since its establishment, may not be able to have an annual meeting in 1964, he will instruct the United Kingdom Delegation at the current session of the Economic and Social Council to invite the Commission to meet in the United Kingdom in 1964.
§ Mr. HeathNo. As my hon. Friend the Minister of State informed my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Devonport (Miss Vickers) on 15th July, the Secretary-General's proposal to cancel the 1964 meetings of the Human Rights and other Commissions is part of wider proposals to avoid a breakdown in the Organisation's programme of economic and social work.
To hold a meeting of the Human Rights Commission in 1964 in this or any other country would not relieve the pressure on the United Nations Secretariat, who would still have to produce the necessary conference material and supply certain staff to service the meeting.