Nuclear Weapons And International Law

EDM number 727 in 1998-99, proposed by Malcolm Chisholm on 15/06/1999.

That this House recalls that the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion of 8th July 1996 ruled unanimously that there is an obligation at international law upon nuclear weapons states 'to bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects'; and calls upon the Government to report before the end of the current Parliamentary session on all measures they have taken to comply with this legal obligation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.