That this House supports the United Nations in proclaiming 2000 as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the following decade the International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World; and urges Her Majesty's Government to respond to the invitation from the Secretary General of the United Nations to ensure that the practice of peace and non-violence is taught at all levels in society, especially educational institutions, and education policy is developed into a culture of peace incorporating thought and social interaction rooted in the values, attitudes and behaviour that reject violence in all its forms and encourage non-violence, tolerance, peace and understanding among all peoples in this new millennium.

That this House supports the United Nations in proclaiming 2000 as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the following decade the International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World; and urges Her Majesty's Government to respond to the invitation from...

That this House believes that it is vital that people, including children, should be encouraged to be active citizens and play a part in the democratic life of the country by expressing their views on matters of public interest to decision-makers; recalls Clause 22 of the Declaration of the UN World Summit for Children, which calls upon governments to actively consult with young people about issues which concern them; recalls the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which calls upon its signatories to disseminate that document widely 'principally in schools'; notes that 1999 is a special anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when the United Kingdom will have to report on its progress in implementing the Convention; is concerned that an increasing vocationalisation of education in schools may impair the function of education in developing the creative talents of young people and their holistic growth; regrets the failure of successive governments to introduce measures to promote education in schools with a global perspective as well as measures to promote greater consultation with young people about decisions which affect them; and urges Her Majesty's Government to remedy the present situation, by actively consulting groups which work with young people to encourage the participation of young people in civic affairs, by introducing education in schools about active citizenship, and by bearing in mind the goal of allowing children to 'sing freely' when developing education policy.

That this House believes that it is vital that people, including children, should be encouraged to be active citizens and play a part in the democratic life of the country by expressing their views on matters of public interest to decision-makers; recalls Clause 22 of the Declaration of the UN...

That this House notes with grave concern the contacts between sections of the British Conservative Party and the Italian neo-fascist party, Alleanza Nazionale; further notes that the honourable Member for Stone, President of the European Foundation, whose headquarters were used for meetings between AN and senior Tories, has confirmed that he met Mr Fini, the AN leader, last year; believes that such parties advocate policies which would destroy democracy, whip up racism and remove human and civil rights from black and other ethnic minorities in Europe; and calls upon the Conservative Party and all other legitimate political parties to give a clear and unambiguous pledge that they will not enter into discussions or formal or informal agreements with such parties which can only lend them legitimacy and give aid and succour to similar parties in Britain, like the British National Party.

That this House notes with grave concern the contacts between sections of the British Conservative Party and the Italian neo-fascist party, Alleanza Nazionale; further notes that the honourable Member for Stone, President of the European Foundation, whose headquarters were used for meetings between AN and senior Tories, has confirmed that...

That this House commends the Labour Party for its timely action in seeking a court injunction to ban the circulation of British National Party election material that constituted an incitement to racial hatred; concurs with the National Assembly against Racism, Jewish Council for Racial Equality, Stonewall and others which argued that the British National Party should not have been given free election broadcasts during the European elections, particularly in the light of the links between that party and the person alleged to have carried out the nail bomb attacks in London; believes that parties whose programmes incite racial hatred and violence should not be entitled to free election broadcasts, free circulation of their election material through the mail, or any other advantage of Britain's democratic electoral laws; and calls upon the Royal Mail to drop all disciplinary action immediately against postal workers who have refused to deliver BNP election material.

That this House commends the Labour Party for its timely action in seeking a court injunction to ban the circulation of British National Party election material that constituted an incitement to racial hatred; concurs with the National Assembly against Racism, Jewish Council for Racial Equality, Stonewall and others which argued...

That this House is deeply concerned that since the re-routing of the Drumcree Orange Order parade in July 1998, the residents of the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown have seen their solicitor, Rosemary Nelson murdered and been subjected to a virtually continuous series of legal and illegal pro-Orange Order protests in which one police officer has been murdered by Loyalists, local residents have been injured or forced to leave their homes and Catholic businesses have been destroyed by arsonists; recalls the last newspaper interview with Rosemary Nelson in which she pointed out that the law was being flouted by pro-Orange Order protestors in Portadown; welcomes the meeting between the Right honourable member for Upper Bann and the local residents to try to solve the crisis; deplores the decision of the local Orange Order to continue to refuse to meet local residents and their announcement of daily marches in the run-up to this year's 4th July Drumcree Parade; and urges Her Majesty's Government to make clear that it will vigorously uphold the right enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement for the residents of the Garvaghy Road and all other residents in Northern Ireland to live free from sectarian harassment and will uphold the rule of law this year at Drumcree.

That this House is deeply concerned that since the re-routing of the Drumcree Orange Order parade in July 1998, the residents of the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown have seen their solicitor, Rosemary Nelson murdered and been subjected to a virtually continuous series of legal and illegal pro-Orange Order protests...

That this House notes with concern that five months have passed since the sacking of 300 workers by the Lufthansa Skychefs General Manager Tim Otteridge, following a one day strike of staff in protest at the refusal of management to negotiate in good faith changes in working conditions; reminds Mr Otteridge that such action will be illegal when the Government's new trade union legislation become law and is currently illegal throughout the rest of European Union; is appalled that since the appointment of new Human Resources Manager Stephanie Feltham sacked employees who have applied for work elsewhere within the Heathrow complex have been unable to get jobs because their references from Skychef claim that they are 'not suitable for work in security areas' and recognises that this is a libellous and pernicious form of McCarthyite blacklisting; therefore calls on Skychef to immediately reinstate the sacked workers and appeals to the parent company Lufthansa, who have a 51 per cent. stake in Skychef to stop their subsidiary abusing British workers in a way that would be illegal in Germany; and, until the dispute is resolved, urges that honourable Members and Officers of the House should not travel on American Airlines, Canadian Airlines, Kuwait Airlines, Saudi Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Air France; Iberia, Olympic and Quantas, all of whom use Skychef catering.

That this House notes with concern that five months have passed since the sacking of 300 workers by the Lufthansa Skychefs General Manager Tim Otteridge, following a one day strike of staff in protest at the refusal of management to negotiate in good faith changes in working conditions; reminds Mr...

That this House condemns the activities of Cape plc, a UK-based multinational company which engaged lobbyists, GJW Government Relations Ltd and Media Strategy Ltd, to derail claims brought against Cape plc in England on behalf of hundreds of fatally and seriously injured South African asbestos miners; notes that the lobbyists' written media political and communication audit reports for Cape plc in January 1999 recommended action on behalf of Cape plc, to launch a campaign targeted at the ambulance chasing activities of Leigh Day, the claimants' lawyers, and to encourage the Daily Mail to embarrass the Lord Chancellor by making him have to 'choose between black workers and multinationals (such that) the detail of the claims are likely to be of secondary interest'; and further notes that to achieve these objectives the lobbyists communicated with a variety of senior government sources including the Lord Chancellor's advisers, Gary Hart and Victor Benjamin, advisers to the Minister of State, officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department of Trade and Industry, HM Treasury and Lord Falconer of the Cabinet Office on the grounds that he has 'a very close relationship with both the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor.

That this House condemns the activities of Cape plc, a UK-based multinational company which engaged lobbyists, GJW Government Relations Ltd and Media Strategy Ltd, to derail claims brought against Cape plc in England on behalf of hundreds of fatally and seriously injured South African asbestos miners; notes that the lobbyists'...

That this House extends its deepest condolences to the family of human rights solicitor Rosemary Nelson and expresses its utter abhorrence at her barbaric murder on 15th March; notes that Rosemary Nelson had complained that RUC officers had made death threats against her, stating to the International Operations and Human Rights Sub-committee of the United States House International Relations Committee hearing on Human Rights in Northern Ireland on 29th September 1998 that 'my clients have reported an increasing number of incidents when I have been abused by RUC officers, including several death threats against myself and members of my family', and that Mrs Nelson pointed out that these threats had worsened since she began to represent the residents of the Garvaghy Road; is deeply concerned that Mrs Nelson concluded that her complaints about RUC threats to her life received no satisfactory response; notes that Mrs Nelson pointed out on 10th December 1998 that 'These threats are taken seriously. No one has ever been brought to justice for the murder of defence lawyer Pat Finucane in February 1989'; further notes that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers reported the threats against Mrs Nelson in his 1998 report and that the Rapporteur suggested that her life was in danger; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to establish an independent judicial inquiry into Mrs Nelson's complaints about death threats against her by RUC officers and what measures were taken by the security forces to protect Mrs Nelson's life.

That this House extends its deepest condolences to the family of human rights solicitor Rosemary Nelson and expresses its utter abhorrence at her barbaric murder on 15th March; notes that Rosemary Nelson had complained that RUC officers had made death threats against her, stating to the International Operations and Human...