HC Deb 12 July 1971 vol 821 c9W
65. Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why Her Majesty's Government did not support the admission of the German Democratic Republic to the World Health Organisation at its 24th Assembly.

Mr. Kershaw

The international status of the German Democratic Republic is in dispute. The question of German Democratic Republic participation in the World Health Organisation is, therefore, a political issue which, we believe, should not be dealt with in a technical body such as the World Health Organisation but in an appropriate political organ of the United Nations, such as the General Assembly.