HC Deb 01 April 1968 vol 762 c12W
Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the United Kingdom abstained on the Human Right's Commission's recent resolution on slavery.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

Because the Resolution, although containing much which we could support, linked the question of slavery and suppression of the slave trade with apartheid and colonialism. We do not think this is the right way to handle the slavery question.