Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jimmy Wray (Labour), on Tuesday, 5 February 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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PALESTINE AND CAMBODIA

That this House, if not Her Majesty's Government, is aware that the misguided rush to war in the Persian Gulf has created an almost impossible situation for Palestinians in the occupied territories subject to UN Resolutions 242 and 338; is embarrassed by the persistent justification of the new imperialism of this war as a fight for freedom and democracy whilst Palestinians are deprived of their elementary human rights by the Israeli occupying forces and subjected to 24 hour curfew with all the terrible consequences this implies for them and their children; will not accept as champions of a new international order and human rights those violators of international law in Grenada and Panama, who are also the protectors of Pol Pot, now embarked in a renewed attack on the long-suffering Cambodian people; demands that Her Majesty's Government and the European Community immediately take action to effectively protect the Palestinian people from further Israeli repression and to stop a war which only benefits the arms dealers, the Israeli extreme right and the energy wasteful in the world; demands also action against the murderous Pol Pot and his allies in Cambodia; and apologises to Arab and Muslim peoples and the caring Christians and Jews for the terrible consequences which will result from this war.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

PALESTINE AND CAMBODIA (403A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Michael Latham (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Wednesday, 13 February 1991. It has been signed by 2 members in total.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'considers that the only possible comparison between the Gulf War and Cambodia is that both Saddam Hussein and Pol Pot are murderers; and notes that the Palestine Liberation Organisation is fully supporting Saddam Hussein as manifested by Yasser Arafat's broadcast on Voice of Palestine Radio on 10th February when he said that these were glorious days for the Arab nation, because they were witnessing a legendary steadfastness epic under the command of his brother, the Knight Saddam, against an infernal war machine.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

403 

403A1 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

Human rights Iraq-Kuwait conflict UN resolutions Israel Palestine Occupied territories Cambodia Pol Pot

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk