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MACEDONIA

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

MACEDONIA (878A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Edward O'Hara (primary, Labour) and tabled on Wednesday, 25 November 1992. It has been signed by 3 members in total.

leave out from 'Government' to end and add 'to address urgent attention to the demands for recognition of that part of the former Yugoslavia known since 1946 as the "Peoples Federative Republic of Macedonia": recommends however that they proceed with caution; recommends in particular that they ascertain to their satisfaction that the human rights of ethnic minorities are in fact being safeguarded in the recently revised constitution; rcommends further that they make a careful assessment of official support from the administration in Skopje for the "Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation" (VRMO); notes with deepest concern in this respect the decision of the Skopje administration to use as a national emblem the star of Vergina, the ancient emblem of the Greek royal house of Macedon,including Philip ll and Alexander the Great; understands the sensitivity and alarm aroused by this in Greece and in particular in the province of Macedonia; and finally therefore urges Her Majesty's Government to press upon Skopje the need to adopt a title which clearly demonstrates that it offers no threat to the territory nor to the heritage of the Greek province of Macedonia.'.

Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

878 

878A1 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Recognition of states North Macedonia

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk