§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has evidence that United Nations funds have been used to support (a) the Palestine Liberation Organisation, (b) the South West Africa People's Organisation, (c) the African National Congress of South Africa, and (d) the Pan Africanist Congress.
§ Mr. HurdIn accordance with a number of United Nations General Assembly resolutions going back over several years, United Nations funds have been used by various United Nations agencies and programmes, in consultation and co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, to provide assistance to the Palestinians. United Nations bodies have also provided assistance to the African and the Pan Africanist Congress, and—mainly through the United Nations Council for Namibia—to the South-West Africa People's Organisation. The United Kingdom either abstained on or voted against the resolutions adopted at the 36th General Assembly which authorised the continuation of these programmes.