§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list and number the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council which relate to Indonesia and East Timor; if he will summarise their demands and indicate the action Britain took when the voting occurred; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydUnited Nations Security Council resolution 384 of 22 December 1975 deplored the armed Indonesian intervention in East Timor. United Nations Security Council resolution 389 of 22 April 1976 confirmed the right of the East Timorese to self-determination and called on the Indonesians to withdraw. The United Kingdom supported both resolutions.
With most European Community partners, the United Kingdom abstained on resolutions in the fourth committee on East Timor between 1976 and 1982.
United Nations General Assembly resolution No. 37/30 of 1982 invited the United Nations Secretary General to encourage a bilateral settlement and initiate discussions with the parties concerned.
95WThe United Kingdom has welcomed the United Nations Secretary-General's initiative, which began in 1982, to promote contacts between Indonesia and Portugal to achieve a just settlement.