§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the comments submitted by Her Majesty's Government to the Director General of UNESCO on the preliminary report by him (SC/MD/35) on the recommendations by the last General Conference of UNESCO proposing an international instrument on the status of scientific research workers ; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wood,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 14th December 1973 ; Vol. 866, c. 212], gave the following information:
Her Majesty's Government's comments on the proposed international instrument on the status of scientific research workers have now been submitted to UNESCO. I am afraid they are too detailed either for publication or summary in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Copies of the original UNESCO document (SC/ MD/35) and of the Government's comments on it have been placed in the Library of the House and I am sending them also to the hon. Member.
These comments record the Government's hope that a recommendation may be derived from the UNESCO document which will set standards for the scientific community throughout the world. At the same time they invite UNESCO's 74W attention to a number of questions in regard to the document.