HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 c587W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the implications for the representation of British interests at the UN of the appointment of a single EU representative to the United Nations Security Council. [126000]

Mr. MacShane

The European Union is not a member state of the United Nations and therefore not eligible for election to the UN Security Council.