Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Lazarowicz (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Thursday, 16 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 50 members in total.

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UK CIVILIAN PEACE SERVICE

That this House supports the creation of a United Kingdom Civilian Peace Service to co-ordinate at a national level the recruitment, training and deployment of civilian personnel for conflict-prevention work abroad; notes that such a service already exists in several other European countries; and further notes that a Civilian Peace Service would enhance the efforts of non-governmental and inter-governmental organisations to prevent, manage and resolve violent conflict by enabling the training of civilian personnel to the highest standards in specific skills relevant to work in regions affected by conflict; and by allowing the management of a roster of skilled and qualified personnel available for those organisations to use in the field.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

538 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Deployment Civilians Recruitment Training Peace negotiations Conflict prevention Conflict resolution

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk