HC Deb 06 June 1989 vol 154 cc32-3W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Kingdom ambassador to the United Nations has made any recent representations at the United Nations to promote environmental protection and global initiatives to achieve this.

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific environmental initiatives the United Kingdom representative at the United Nations supported during 1989.

Mr. Eggar

The United Kingdom permanent representative to the United Nations recently proposed the early negotiation of a convention on climate change and the strengthening of existing United Nations institutions concerned with environmental matters, especially the United Nations environment programme.

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