§ 79. Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the latest progress made at the human contacts conference in Berne.
§ Mr. RentonThe Berne meeting, which ended on 27 May without agreement on a final document, was the occasion for a thorough discussion of compliance with existing CSCE commitments in the field of human contacts. There was also discussion of new commitments, which will contribute to the work of the CSCE follow-up meeting which opens in Vienna in November.
We shall continue to press the Soviet Union for progress in removing obstacles to wider human contacts.