Her Majesty's Government's policy is to work for a settlement of the Article 19 issue in accordance with the United Nations Charter. We consider that under that article States two years or more in arrears with their contributions have no vote in the General Assembly. I ought to emphasise that we do not regard this as an East/West confrontation but as a question of principle under the Charter of the United Nations, the authority of which must be upheld if the rule of law in international affairs is to be maintained and the United Nations effectively strengthened.