Mexico

EDM number 1610 in 1997-98, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 27/07/1998.

That this House is deeply concerned about the terror campaign being waged by both paramilitary groups and the Mexican Federal Army against indigenous Zapatista communities in Chiapas, while human rights observers whose presence has deterred state attacks are being expelled; notes the findings of the recent delegation of MEPs which reported widespread evidence that paramilitary groups in league with security forces are responsible for forced expulsions, death threats, rape, kidnapping and murder; deplores the Mexican Government's abandonment of the 1996 San Andres Accords on Indigenous Rights and Culture, which guaranteed autonomous self-government and land rights to those communities; notes that respect for democratic principles and fundamanetal human rights form an integral part of the Mexico-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement; therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to demand that Mexico fully implements the San Andres Accords, disbands and disarm all paramilitary groups, withdraws the Federal Army to its pre-1995 presence in Chiapas; and allows foreign visitors to remain as human rights observers; and further advocates that the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement be suspended until all these conditions are fulfilled by the Mexican Government and that all arms sales to Mexico cease.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.