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This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dafydd Elis Thomas03/05/1990Meirionnydd Nant ConwyProposed
Giles Radice03/05/1990North DurhamSigned
Alex Salmond03/05/1990Banff & BuchanSigned
Jim Sillars03/05/1990Glasgow, GovanSigned
Russell Johnston03/05/1990Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones03/05/1990Ynys MSigned
Margaret Ewing03/05/1990MoraySigned
David Atkinson03/05/1990Bournemouth EastSigned
Henry Bellingham03/05/1990North West NorfolkSigned
Andrew Welsh03/05/1990Angus EastSigned
Dafydd Wigley03/05/1990CaernarfonSigned
Terry Davis08/05/1990Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Tim Rathbone14/05/1990LewesSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/05/1990LeighSigned
Simon Hughes24/05/1990Southwark and BermondseySigned
Andrew Smith06/06/1990Oxford EastSigned
Norman Godman07/06/1990Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Keith Raffan11/06/1990DelynSigned
Keith Vaz13/06/1990Leicester EastSigned
Geraint Howells15/06/1990Ceredigion and Pembroke NorthSigned
Ron Davies21/06/1990CaerphillySigned
Malcolm Bruce05/07/1990GordonSigned
George YoungUnknownWithdrawn
UnknownSigned

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