HC Deb 25 November 1963 vol 685 cc2-3W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how the national delegations voted on the motion to request the South African and Portuguese representatives to withdraw from the United Nations conference on tourism at Rome.

Mr. R. A. Butler

Voting on the African draft resolution which invited Portugal and South Africa to withdraw from the work of the conference was as follows:

In favour

Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian S.S.R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Republic, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Byelorussian S.S.R., Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Leopoldville), Czechoslovakia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Rumania.

Against

Republic of South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru.

Abstentions

San Marino, Thailand, Ceylon, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Philippines.

The draft resolution was adopted by 38 votes to 25 votes, with 9 abstentions.