HC Deb 31 July 1975 vol 896 c603W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the occasions during 1974 and 1975 on which the United Kingdom has cast a veto in the UN Security Council, indicating briefly the total or substance of each resolution vetoed.

Mr. Ennals

The United Kingdom has cast a negative vote in the United Nations Security Council on two occasions during 1974 and 1975.

We voted on 30th October 1974 against a draft resolution calling for the expulsion of South Africa from the United Nations. On 6th June 1975 we voted against a draft resolution the purpose of which was to make a determination under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter that a threat to international peace existed in Namibia.