§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state the names of the delegations who voted in favour, against and abstained on the resolution at the United Nations General Assembly on the demilitarisation on the South Atlantic; whether the resolution extends in application to the Falkland Islands; and, if not, what is its border line.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)The voting on 27th October was as follows:
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In FAVOUR Albania Finland Nigeria Algeria Gabon Norway Angola German Oman Antigua/Barbuda Democratic Pakistan Argentina Republic Panama Australia Ghana Papua New Austria Greece Guinea Bahamas Grenada Paraguay Bahrain Guinea Peru Bangladesh Guinea-Bissau Philippines Barbados Guyana Poland Benin Haiti Qatar Bhutan Hungary Romania Bolivia Iceland Rwanda Botswana India Saint Lucia Brazil Indonesia Sao Tome Brunei Iran Saudi Arabia Bulgaria Iraq Senegal Burkina Faso Ireland Sierra Leone Burma Israel Singapore Burundi Ivory Coast Somalia Byelorussian Soviet Jamaica Spain Socialist Republic Jordan Sri Lanka Cameroon Kenya Suriname Canada Kuwait Sweden Cape Verde People's Tanzania Central African Democratic Thailand Republic Republic of Laos Togo Chad Lebanon Trinidad-Tobago Chile Lesotho Tunisia
IN FAVOUR China Libya Turkey Colombia Madagascar Uganda Congo Malawi Ukrainian Soviet Cuba Malaysia Socialist Cyprus Maldives Republic Czechoslovakia Mali USSR People's Malta United Arab Democratic Mauritania Emirates Republic of Mauritius United Kingdom Yemen Mexico Uruguay Denmark Mongolia Venezuela Djibouti Morocco Vietnam Ecuador Nepal Yemen Arab Egypt New Zealand Republic Equatorial Guinea Nicaragua Yugoslavia Ethiopia Niger Zimbabwe
AGAINST United States of America
ABSTAINED Belgium Italy Netherlands France Japan Portugal Federal Republic of Germany Luxembourg The exact geographical boundaries of the proposed zone of peace were not defined by the resolution. In an explanation of vote, however, the UK representative inter alia put on record our understanding that it will consist of the South Atlantic ocean between Africa and South America not already covered by treaty.