§ 67. Mr. George Jegerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many countries who voted in the General Assembly on 18th December 1968 against self-determination 22W for Gibraltar or abstained from voting are in arrears in their contributions to the United Nations.
§ Mr. WhitlockOf the 101 countries who either voted in favour of General Assembly Resolution 2429 (XXIII) or abstained, 59 were in arrears, on 31st of December 1968, in their contributions to the United Nations Regular Budget. Since the list of countries is long, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the information:
List of countries who voted in favour of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2429 (XXIII) of 18 December, 1968, on Gibraltar, or who abstained in the voting, who on 31 December 1968, were in arrears in their contributions to the United Nations regular budget.
Argentina Israel Bolivia Italy Bulgaria Laos Burundi Mauritania Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Mexico Mongolia Cambodia Nepal Cameroon Nicaragua Central African Republic Niger Nigeria Chad Norway Chile Pakistan China Panama Colombia Paraguay Congo (Brazzaville) Peru Costa Rica Poland Cuba Rumania Cyprus Senegal Czechoslovakia Somalia Dahomey Spain Dominican Republic Togo Ecuador Uganda El Salvador Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic France Ghana Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Guatemala Guinea United Arab Republic Haiti Upper Volta Honduras Uruguay Hungary Venezuela India Yemen Iran
§ Mr. Albert Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he now proposes a renewal of the discussions with the Spanish Government, in view of the Trusteeship Committee of the United Nations Resolution on Gibraltar being accepted by the General Assembly.
§ Mr. WhitlockNeither Her Majesty's Government nor the Spanish Government have proposed a renewal of talks.
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§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT all those countries which, on 18th December, 1968, voted in the General Assembly against self-determination for Gibraltar, and failed to express a view, respectively.
§ Mr. WhitlockThe countries that voted for General Assembly Resolution 2429 (XXIII), those that abstained and those that were absent from the voting were listed in my reply to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Wembley, South (Sir R. Russell) on 20th December, 1968.—[Vol. 775, c.504.]