§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it remains his policy to support resolution 1723 of the UN General Assembly 16th session relating to the demand for the cessation of practices which deprive the Tibetan people of their fundamental human rights and freedom, including their rights to self-determination.
§ Mr. GoodladThe resolution called for the cessation of practices which deprived the Tibetans of their human rights, including their right to self-determination. Her Majesty's Government believe that all peoples have the right to self-determination, but that this right can be expressed in several different ways. In voting for this resolution, Her Majesty's Government, as was made clear at the time in the explanation of vote, was expressing its concern about the sufferings of the Tibetan people, as expressed in the preamble to the resolution.