§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives have been taken by Her Majesty's Government during 1972 on the United Nations Commission of Human Rights to deal with the question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations.
§ Mr. KershawThe United Kingdom Representative at the 1972 session of the Human Rights Commission, which ended on 7th April, tabled proposals directing the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to appoint a new Special Rapporteur on Slavery in succession to the late Mr. Awad. He also proposed that the sub-commission should examine the possibility of establishing permanent machinery to study slavery, forced labour, etc. and better implementation of the existing international agreements in this field.