HC Deb 31 October 1983 vol 47 cc277-8W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons Her Majesty's ambassador to the United Nations voted for Mr. Davison Hepburn of the Bahamas, rather than Mr. Jorge Illueca of Panama, as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Mr. Whitney

The President of the General Assembly is elected by secret ballot. It is not our practice to say which candidates we support in such elections, or why.

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