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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Beamish (Labour), on Tuesday, 8 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 40 members in total.


28th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUMGAIT MASSACRES

That this House notes the 28th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait and expresses its sympathy to the families of those men, women and children victims; calls on the Azerbaijani government to end its aggression towards Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, end its cross-border attacks; further calls on the Government to support the OSCE's Minsk Group as the only internationally-mandated framework for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; and reiterates that conflict resolution must be achieved on the principles of territorial integrity, self- determination and without use of force.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1213 
Session
2015-16
Other sponsors
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Mark Pritchard
Virendra Sharma
Paula Sherriff
Ian Blackford
Subjects
Politics and government Eastern Europe
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk