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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Amos (Conservative), on Friday, 19 January 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

Events in Armenia and Azerbaijan

That this House urges Her Majesty's Government to give every possible assistance to President Gorbachev in his efforts to stop the pogrom launched by Azerbaijanis against the Armenians and to prevent a second attempt at genocide of the Armenian people by their Muslim neighbours.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

Events in Armenia and Azerbaijan (342A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by George Galloway (primary, Labour) and tabled on Tuesday, 23 January 1990. It has been signed by 3 members in total.
Leave out from 'efforts' to end and add, 'to end inter-communal strife in Azerbaijan and Armenia and elsewhere in the USSR, and deplores attempts by the media and honourable Members of this House to turn Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict into a general attack on Islam and Soviet Muslims, itself a sectarian analysis and decidedly unhelpful in pacifying these dangerous and murderous conflicts.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
342 
342A1 
Session
1989-90
Subjects
Armed conflict Armenia Racial violence Azerbaijan Gorbachev, Mikhail
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk