To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why Her Majesty's Government abstained from the vote on the United Nations Organisation for African Unity peace plan at the United Nations General Assembly in October 1987.

We abstained on United Nations General Assembly resolution 42/78 on 4 December 1987 in accordance with our policy of strict impartiality over the western Sahara dispute.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the implications of Her Majesty's Government's acquiescence to the European Economic Community-Kingdom of Morocco fishing agreement of 1987 for Her Majesty's Government's policy towards Morocco's claim to the waters in dispute between the Polisario and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco.

The European Community/Morocco fisheries agreement has no implications for our existing policy towards Morocco's claim to the disputed waters.