HC Deb 07 March 1991 vol 187 c253W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list(a) all resolutions initiated by the United Kingdom, (b) all resolutions supported by the United Kingdom and (c) all resolutions put forward at the General Assembly of the United Nations since 1979, on the restriction or prohibition of arms sales and military equipment; and if he will indicate, where applicable, the reasons why the United Kingdom did not support resolutions on arms sales.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

(a) No resolutions on the restrictions or prohibition of arms sales have been initiated by the United Kingdom since 1979.

(b) The United Kingdom has voted in favour of:

  1. (i) UNGA 43 first committee resolution 43/751 of 7 December 1988 entitled "International Arms Transfers" which the United Kingdom also co-sponsored.
  2. (ii) UNGA 44 first committee resolution 44/116N of 15 December 1989 entitled "International Arms Transfers".
  3. (iii) UNGA 45 first committee decision 45/415 of 4 December 1990 entitled "International Arms Transfers".
  4. (iv) The three resolutions above are all those brought to a vote at the United Nations General Assembly on the restriction or prohibition of arms sales since 1979.

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