§ 62. Mr. Shinwellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will issue a White Paper on behalf of the Government indicating the acts of aggression judged by the United Nations to have been committed by various countries in violation of the United Nations Charter since the end of the Second World War.
§ Mr. George ThomsonMy right hon. Friend will see from the following information that no White Paper is required.
The General Assembly has judged on only one occasion that an act of aggression had been committed (by China against South Korea) (Resolution 498(v) of the 1st February, 1951). Additionally, the Assembly has stated that the following acts, if they occurred, would constitute acts of aggression:—
- Annexation of Basutoland, Bechuanaland or Swaziland. Resolution 1817 (xvii), paragraph 6.
- Annexation, or encroachment on the territory, of Basutoland, Bechuanaland or Swaziland. Resolution 1954 (xviii) paragraph 4.
- Annexation of part or the whole of the Territory of South West Africa. Resolution 2074 (xx), paragraph 6.
The term "aggression" is used in the titles of the following General Assembly Resolutions, but the Resolutions them- 16W selves contain no judgment that an act of aggression had taken place:—
Resolution 707 (vii) Burmese accusations of aggression by China. Resolution 717 (viii) Resolution 815 (ix) Resolution 1616 (xv) Cuban accusation of aggression by the United States of America. The Security Council has made no judgment at any time that an act of aggression had taken place.