HC Deb 31 January 1991 vol 184 c595W
Mr. Bellotti

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is Her Majesty's Government's policy in respect of(a) the trade and aid embargo against Cambodia enacted under United Nations resolution 34/22 (1979), (b) the initiative by the Thai Government in respect of the provision of neutral camps in border areas and (c) the supply of arms through countries bordering Cambodia; and what steps he is taking to promote a ceasefire.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/22 does not refer to a trade and aid embargo against Cambodia. Nor do we operate one. If and when neutral camps in border areas under UN administration are created as part of a comprehensive political settlement, we would be ready to play our part in their establishment. A ceasefire and the cessation of all outside military assistance are integral parts of the draft comprehensive settlement document agreed between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the co-chairmen of the Paris conference on Cambodia in November 1990.

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