HC Deb 27 February 1996 vol 272 c481W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of Start for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he had made to the UN Commission on Human Rights concerning the situation of the Ogoni people of Nigeria. [16611]

Mr. Hanley

The UK co-sponsored a resolution on the human rights situation in Nigeria at the UN General Assembly in December. The resolution, which was passed by a convincing majority condemned the arbitrary execution after a flawed judicial process of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight co-defendants and invited the Commission on Human Rights to give urgent attention to Nigeria at its forthcoming session in March-April.