§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the record on human rights in the Gulf states.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe deplore all human rights violations, wherever they may occur, and the Governments of the Gulf states are well aware of the importance we attach to the observance of international human rights standards.
§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from human rights organisations concerning abuses of human rights in the Gulf states; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveA number of human rights organisations have made clear their concern. We have made our own views on Iraq's current human rights abuses in Kuwait entirely clear in UN Security Council resolutions including resolutions 664 and 674.