HC Deb 21 November 1967 vol 754 cc313-4W
Sir F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which treaties or declarations, bilateral, multilateral or in pursuance of United Nations Security Council resolutions, continue to bind Her Majesty's Government to support the territorial integrity or the restoration of Governments representing democratic self-determination in Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

Her Majesty's Government recognise only the present Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Her Majesty's Government recognise that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have been incorporatedde facto into the Soviet Union but have not recognised this de jure.

Sir F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will list the outstanding international obligations bilateral, multilateral and in pursuance of the United Nations Security Council resolutions which require Her Majesty's Government to support the restoration of the territorial integrity and/or political independence of any country.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

So far as I can ascertain, without exhaustive research, there is at present no international legal instrument or resolution of the Security Council which lays upon Her Majesty's Government a binding obligation to support the restoration of the territorial integrity and/or political independence of any State. It is, of course, possible that, by virtue of Article 25 of the United Nations Charter, Her Majesty's Government might be involved in obligations of this nature in the future, pursuant to a decision of the Security Council in that sense in a particular case.

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