§ Mr. Temple-MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs upon how many occasions since Britain joined the European Community(a) Britain and France and (b) Britain and the United States have voted differently on proposed UN Security Council resolutions; and on which of those occasions the resolution referred to a country in which British forces were on active service or were about to undertake such service. [18433]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorAccording to records kept by this Department, the United Kingdom and France have voted differently on UN Security Council resolutions on 35 occasions since 1973. The United Kingdom and the United States have voted differently on 74 occasions within the same period. The only occasions on which the resolution referred to, or where British forces were involved in or were about to be involved in, active military operations were:
- June 1982: Falklands (draft S/15156:Rev 2).
- November 1984: N Cyprus (SCR 550).
The resolution on the Falkland Islands was subsequently vetoed and therefore never adopted.