§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what considerations led Her Majesty's Government to abstain in the vote on the resolution regarding nuclear disarmament proposed by Japan, A/C.1/49/L.33/rev.1, in the first committee of the United Nations.
§ Mr. David DavisWe abstained out of concern that this resolution, which was tabled after the main body of resolutions on nuclear issues, could be seen to cut across existing initiatives in the sensitive area of nuclear arms control.