For the United Kingdom, the applicable principle was self-determination but, inexplicably, it was engaged in bilateral negotiations with Spain over the territorial sovereignty of Gibraltar; that was wholly incompatible with the principle of self-determination.
联合王国认为，应适用自决原则。 但令人不解的是，联合王国却参加与西班牙的直布罗陀领土主权问题双边谈判，这完全违背自决原则。