HC Deb 17 May 1971 vol 817 cc194-5W
Sir R. Russell

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will obtain from the Secretary-General of the United Nations an estimate of the number of people employed in trying to enforce Resolution No. 253 of the Security Council of 1968 initiating mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia.

Mr. Kershaw

The implementation of Security Council Resolution No. 253 is the responsibility of all members of the United Nations. An estimate of this kind would involve an inquiry of all of them, which is not thought to be practicable.

Sir R. Russell

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the names of the 26 members of the United Nations, other than South Africa, and the four specialised agencies which, up till 6th June, 1969, had failed to reply to any communication of the Secretary-General of the United Nations requesting information on measures taken to implement Security Council Resolution No. 253 of 1968 as stated in the Third Report of the Committee established in pursuance of the Resolution dated 15th June, 1970.

Mr. Kershaw

The 26 Members of the United Nations who had not replied up till 15th June, 1970 to the Secretary-General's communications regarding implementation of Security Council Resolution No. 253 were as followsAfghanistan, Barbados, Bolivia, Burundi, Central African Republic, Ceylon, Chad, Dominican Republic. El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia. Guinea. Guyana, Honduras, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia. Mauritania, People's Republic of the Congo, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Southern Yemen, Uruguay, Yemen.

It should however be noted that the majority of these countries had previously indicated that they were already implementing sanctions imposed by resolutions of the Security Council.

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