§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Provan of 8 February,Official Report, columns 280–81, if he will give the dates of United Nations Security Council meetings held since 16 January at which the situation in the Gulf was discussed.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe United Nations Security Council met in informal consultations to discuss the situation in the Gulf on 17, 22, 24, 28, 30 and 31 January; and on 6, 8 and 13 February.
98WThe council held a formal session on 13 February at which it was decided talks should take place in private. On the 14, 15 and 16 February the council met in closed session and will resume discussions on 19 February.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals were put forward by the United Kingdom at the most recent meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations; and how they were received.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 18 February 1991]: At the meeting of the Security Council on 14 February, the United Kingdom representative proposed that in accordance with rule 48 of the provisional rules of procedure, the council should meet in private session to discuss the Gulf crisis. The British proposal was adopted by 9 votes in favour two against—Cuba and Yemen—and four abstentions. The council met in closed session on 14, 15 and 16 February and will resume discussions on 19 February.