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Cyprus Missing Persons

EDM number 697 in 1995-96, proposed by Alan Meale on 01/04/1996.

That this House deplores the continued illegal occupation of Cyprus by Turkish troops in direct contravention of both UN policy and the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee; notes the remarks made by Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that the absence of a solution on Cyprus is due to lack of political will by the Turks; was appalled by the recent callous announcement made by Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash who stated that all the 1,619 persons missing since 1974 were put to death by members of Turkish Cypriot paramilitary organisations after being handed over to them by Turkish troops in direct contravention of numerous human rights conventions and international law; considers the withholding of such information from the relatives of the missing for more than 20 years a disgrace; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to demand of Turkey and the illegal regime in Northern Cyprus to divulge immediately to the UN Missing Perons Committee information concerning the fates or whereabouts of all missing persons, to end such prolonged humanitarian abuse and allieviate any further suffering to all concerned.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale01/04/1996MansfieldProposed
Raymond Powell01/04/1996OgmoreSigned
James Wray01/04/1996Glasgow ProvanSigned
Ian Twinn01/04/1996EdmontonSigned
Malcolm Thornton01/04/1996CrosbySigned
John Gunnell01/04/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Irene Adams01/04/1996Paisley NorthSigned
Tommy Graham01/04/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Bill Etherington01/04/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie01/04/1996Glasgow, PollokSigned
Donald Dixon01/04/1996JarrowSigned
Jim Cunningham01/04/1996Coventry South EastSigned
Tom Cox01/04/1996TootingSigned
Robin Corbett01/04/1996Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Ann Coffey01/04/1996StockportSigned
Ronnie Campbell01/04/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Martin Redmond01/04/1996Don ValleySigned
Peter Snape01/04/1996West Bromwich EastSigned
Clive Soley01/04/1996HammersmithSigned
John Heppell01/04/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Jimmy Hood01/04/1996ClydesdaleSigned
Kevin Hughes01/04/1996Doncaster NorthSigned
Simon Hughes01/04/1996Southwark and BermondseySigned
Lynne Jones01/04/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
John McAllion01/04/1996Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey01/04/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Andrew Miller01/04/1996Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Edward O'Hara01/04/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Eric Clarke01/04/1996MidlothianSigned
Robert Wareing02/04/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Paddy Tipping02/04/1996SherwoodSigned
Harry Barnes02/04/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman02/04/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans02/04/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Bryan Davies02/04/1996Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
Kenneth Eastham02/04/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Hugh Dykes02/04/1996Harrow EastSigned
Chris Davies02/04/1996Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe02/04/1996LeighSigned
Michael Clapham02/04/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Richard Burden02/04/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Ken Livingstone02/04/1996Brent EastSigned
Glenda Jackson02/04/1996Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Terry Davis02/04/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Tony Banks03/04/1996Newham North WestSigned
Mike Watson03/04/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Win Griffiths03/04/1996BridgendSigned
John Marshall03/04/1996Hendon SouthSigned
Peter Hardy16/04/1996WentworthSigned
Eric Illsley16/04/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Roland Boyes16/04/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Roger Godsiff16/04/1996Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Janet Anderson16/04/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Gordon Oakes17/04/1996HaltonSigned
Jim Wallace17/04/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Jack Thompson17/04/1996WansbeckSigned
Mike Hall17/04/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Michael Connarty17/04/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Robert Parry18/04/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Paul Tyler18/04/1996North CornwallSigned
Dafydd Wigley18/04/1996CaernarfonSigned
Elfyn Llwyd23/04/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/04/1996Islington NorthSigned
Joe Benton24/04/1996BootleSigned
David Rendel25/04/1996NewburySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Maria Fyfe09/05/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Nigel Jones21/05/1996CheltenhamSigned
Nick Harvey22/05/1996North DevonSigned

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