HC Deb 28 June 1979 vol 969 cc267-8W
Mr. Shore

asked the Lord Privy Seal, in the light of the further escalation of the civil war in Nicaragua and the brutal bombing of areas of the capital city, Managua, by the forces of the Samoza regime, whether he will reconsider his decision not to bring the matter before the Security Council of the United Nations; and whether he will make an immediate approach to the International Monetary Fund to suspend the$66 million credit to the Government of Nicaragua, approved without British dissent on 14 May.

Mr. Ridley

Since the Organisation of American States is seized of the issue, it would not be appropriate for the United Kingdom to take the issue to the United Nations Security Council.

The recent International Monetary Fund decision on Nicaragua was taken as on previous occasions on technical and economic grounds alone. The first tranche of 8.5 million SDRs has already been drawn. The fund will be taking a close look at whether the undertakings by the Nicaraguan Government set out in their Agreement with the International Monetary Fund are being fulfilled before the fund allows any further drawings.

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