HC Deb 05 December 1974 vol 882 cc616-8W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names of countries which voted in the UN in favour of granting observer status to the Palestine Liberation Organisation, dividing the list into (a) European countries, (b) Commonwealth countries and (c) others not included under (a) or (b).

Mr. Ennals

The following UN members voted in favour of UN General Assembly Resolution 3237 on 22nd November, which was adopted by 95 votes to 17 with 19 abstentions.

European Members

  • Albania.
  • Bulgaria.
  • Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Finland.
  • German Democratic Republic.
  • Hungary.
  • Malta.
  • Poland.
  • Portugal.
  • Rumania.
  • Spain.
  • Turkey.
  • Ukrainian Social Socialist Republic.
  • USSR.
  • Yugoslavia.

Commonwealth Members

  • Bangladesh.
  • Barbados.
  • Botswana.
  • Cyprus.
  • Fiji.
  • Gambia.
  • Ghana.
  • Grenada.
  • Guyana.
  • India.
  • Kenya.
  • Lesotho.
  • Malaysia.
  • Malta.
  • Mauritius.
  • Nigeria.
  • Sierra Leone.
  • Singapore.
  • Sri Lanka.
  • Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Uganda.
  • United Republic of Tanzania.
  • Zambia.

Other Members

  • Afghanistan.
  • Algeria.
  • Bahrain.
  • Bhutan.
  • Brazil.
  • Burma.
  • 618
  • Burundi.
  • Central African Republic.
  • Chad.
  • China.
  • Congo.
  • Cuba.
  • Dahomey.
  • Democratic Yemen.
  • Egypt.
  • Equatorial Guinea.
  • Ethiopia.
  • Gabon.
  • Guinea.
  • Guinea-Bissau.
  • Indonesia.
  • Iran.
  • Iraq.
  • Ivory Coast.
  • Jordan.
  • Khmer Republic.
  • Kuwait.
  • Lebanon.
  • Liberia.
  • Libyan Arab Republic.
  • Madagascar.
  • Mali.
  • Mauritania.
  • Mexico.
  • Mongolia.
  • Morocco.
  • Nepal.
  • Niger.
  • Oman.
  • Pakistan.
  • Peru.
  • Philippines.
  • Qatar.
  • Rwanda.
  • Saudi Arabia.
  • Senegal.
  • Somalia.
  • Sudan.
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Togo.
  • Tunisia.
  • United Arab Emirates.
  • United Republic of Cameroon.
  • Upper Volta.
  • Venezuela.
  • Yemen.
  • Zaire.

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