HC Deb 14 July 1987 vol 119 c429W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why the United Kingdom abstained on the United Nations General Assembly resolution 41/16 of 18 December 1986.

Mr. Eggar

We abstained both on this resolution and on a similar one in 1985 in accordance with our policy of strict neutrality in the Western Sahara dispute.