Oral Answers to Questions — Rhodesia

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 July 1967.

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Photo of Mr Harold Wilson Mr Harold Wilson , Huyton 12:00, 20 July 1967

The rôle of the United Nations in the matter of Rhodesia which we have often debated in the House, is to faciltate and to make more universal the sanctions on which this House has decided. Responsibility for Rhodesia is that of the British Government and will remain so, but we went to the United Nations to ensure that the sanctions which we are applying, by decision of the House, should be applied by other countries. That, I believe, is the role of the United Nations, not the operation of principles like Nibmar.