HC Deb 13 February 1991 vol 185 cc518-9W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made at the current session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

As observers at this year's Commission on Human Rights, our delegation is playing an active part in its work. I visited Geneva on 4–5 February and gave a speech to the commission, a copy of which is being placed in the Library of the House. We shall continue our efforts in the remaining weeks of the commission and beyond to promote respect for fundamental human rights and to urge compliance by all states with their international obligations in this field.