Aerial Bombing Of An Aid Convoy In Syria

EDM number 513 in 2016-17, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 11/10/2016.
Categorised under the topics of International development, Middle East and Military operations.

That this House is horrified by the unspeakable suffering of the Syrian people; applauds the aid agencies and workers helping to alleviate the humanitarian crisis; condemns the 19 September 2016 destruction, by sustained airstrikes, of a UN humanitarian convoy carrying aid for the Aleppo region; believes those responsible for the destruction of 18 of the 31 convoy trucks and severe damage to a nearby clinic must be held to account under international law; notes on 30 September 2016 the UN Secretary General set up a UN Board of Inquiry into the attack; further believes the Board's investigation must be immediate, impartial, full and independent, with any findings brought back before the Security Council; further notes that at the beginning of October 2016 there was an intensification of the assault on Aleppo by Syrian government forces, backed by militias, Iranian ground forces and Russian air power; condemns the airstrikes on Aleppo, including the deliberate attack on and destruction of medical facilities; agrees with the UN Secretary General's description of these attacks as war crimes and calls on the Government to back an International Criminal Court investigation of the Russian and Syrian governments over these crimes; further calls on the Government to impose far reaching sanctions on any countries found to be involved in war crimes in Syria; and urges all parties with political influence and or providing military backing to those in the region to work to end the crisis in Syria by becoming part of a political solution and seeking a negotiated settlement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.