HC Deb 16 June 1969 vol 785 cc6-7W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why Great Britain voted on 10th June against the United Nations Assembly Committee's resolution to make sanctions against Rhodesia more effective.

Mr. Foley

The United Kingdom delegate voted against the Committee of 24 Resolution because it contained objectionable language and called on the British Government to use force against the illegal règime. As regards the implementation of sanctions, however, our delegate voted in favour of paragraph 6 of the resolution explaining that we shared the Committee's condemnation of the failure of certain Governments to comply with mandatory sanctions imposed by the Security Council.

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