Un Genocide Convention 60th Anniversary
EDM number 177 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Human rights.
That this House notes that on 9 December, meetings in the House on the continuing persecution of minorities will mark the 60th anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention; further notes that organiser Raphael Lemkin is inspired by the genocide of Armenians and Assyrians in 1915, the subsequent massacre of Assyrians at the birth of modern Iraq, and his personal experience following the invasion of Poland; further notes that the Government has never consulted any reliable genocide scholars; and urges the Government to honour Raphael Lemkin's work by changing its untenable position of denial of the Armenian and Assyrian genocide.
This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Spink | 08/12/2008 | Castle Point | Independent | Proposed |
| Mike Hancock | 09/12/2008 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Mark Durkan | 09/12/2008 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Seconded |
| David Drew | 09/12/2008 | Stroud | Labour | Seconded |
| Angus MacNeil | 09/12/2008 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| John McDonnell | 09/12/2008 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Seconded |
| Ann Cryer | 09/12/2008 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 09/12/2008 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 10/12/2008 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 10/12/2008 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 10/12/2008 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 10/12/2008 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 11/12/2008 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 16/12/2008 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Jo Swinson | 18/12/2008 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sammy Wilson | 12/01/2009 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| John Bercow | Unknown | Withdrawn |
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