HC Deb 17 February 2000 vol 344 c677W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken by United Kingdom representatives at the United Nations to help ensure the speedy implementation of the proposed referendum on the future of the Western Sahara. [110478]

Mr. Hain

UK representatives in New York give their full support to efforts to implement the UN-sponsored referendum in the Western Sahara. UK representatives are also active members of the Friends of the Western Sahara grouping at the UN. The Permanent Representative to the UK Mission, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, recently met the Secretary-General of the Polisario Front and assured him that the UK would continue to support all efforts to find a just and durable peace in the Western Sahara acceptable to the Saharawi people.

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