§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will urge upon the European Union and United Nations the need for an international observer force to be established in the occupied territories.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggEuropean Foreign Ministers issued a statement on 7 March supporting the establishment in the occupied territories of an international presence and declaring the willingnes of their states to participate. With our support, the United Nations is considering a resolution which would call for an international presence.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what approaches he has had about his willingness for the United Kingdom to play a role in an international observer force in the occupied territories; by whom; and what was his response.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs told Nabil Sha'ath, political adviser to Chairman Arafat, when he called on him on 3 March, that if an international civilian observer presence is agreed upon for the occupied territories, Britain will not be absent.