HC Deb 15 February 1985 vol 73 cc301-2W
Sir John Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what attitude was taken by Her Majesty's Government to the provision of a new conference centre for the United Nations Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.

Mr. Renton

At the 1984 General Assembly the United Kingdom voted against provision of new conference facilities for the UN Economic Commission for Africa. United Kingdom representatives stressed that at a time of severe economic hardhship in Africa the United Nations should concentrate resources on helping directly to alleviate these conditions.