Common Foreign And Security Policy And Conflict Prevention

EDM number 867 in 1995-96, proposed by Emma Nicholson on 10/05/1996.

That this House, in view of the fact that violent conflicts within states continue to rage around the world, and that up to four million people, 90 per cent. of whom are civilians, have been killed in such conflicts since 1990, notes the need for greater awareness of, and commitment to, preventive action on conflict at European level, and therefore commends the publication on 13th May 1996 of the joint Saferworld/International Alert report, European Common Foreign and Security Policy and conflict prevention; options for the IGC; upholds the following recommendations of the above report, that the common foreign and security policy be strengthened through a clear commitment to conflict prevention, improved analysis and policy coherence, and an enhanced WEU operational capacity for peacekeeping activities; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to raise the issue of conflict prevention in the course of the IGC negotiations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.