HC Deb 16 April 1986 vol 95 c407W
Mr. Caborn

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions the EEC has voted unanimously on apartheid in the United Nations General Assembly; and on how many occasions the United Kingdom has voted differently from the rest of the EEC.

Mrs. Chalker

The information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The answer in respect of the nine resolutions adopted at the 40th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 1985 is as follows:

  • EC member states all took the same position on two resolutions (40/64G and 40/64H).
  • The United Kingdom voted differently from the common position of the other EC member states on one resolution (40/64D).
  • The votes of the EC member states split three ways on four resolutions (40/64B, C, F and I).
  • Greece voted differently from the other EC member states on two resolutions (40/64A and E).