Soviet Sanctions Affecting Lithuania

EDM number 943 in 1989-90, proposed by Dafydd Elis Thomas on 03/05/1990.

That this House notes the escalation of pressure on Lithuania by the Soviet Government, through the implementation of an economic blockade, and that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is continuing to restrict access to Lithuania by foreign journalists; further notes that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as a signatory of the Helsinki Final Act 1975, has committed itself to uphold the rights of self-determination of peoples, Article I.VIII, and to improve working conditions for journalists; believes that in its actions against Lithuania, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has broken both these articles; welcomes the recent Kohl-Mitterand initiative to ensure urgent and peaceful negotiations by both parties concerned; and urges Her Majesty's Government to raise the need for urgent negotiations at the forthcoming CSCE Conference on the Human Dimension at Copenhagen.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.