HC Deb 23 October 1967 vol 751 cc363-4W
60. Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on his efforts to establish United Nations trusteeship for the island of Perim.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

We have not yet received a reply to our letter of 11th August to the Secretary-General in which we asked that the United Nations consider assuming the administration of Perim and that the United Nations Special Mission on Aden should con- sider this. The Mission have not yet issued their report. Discussions continue in New York and I cannot usefully say more at the moment.

Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what conclusions he has reached with the South Arabian Federal Government and at the United Nations over the internationalisation of Perim; and what are Her Majesty's Government's proposals for the future of Kuria Muria Islands and Kamaran.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

We have not yet received a reply to our letter of 11th August to the Secretary-General in which we asked that the United Nations consider assuming the administration of Perim and that the United Nations Special Mission on Aden should consider this. The Mission has not yet issued its report. Discussions continue in New York and I cannot usefully say more at the moment.