South African Sanctions

EDM number 588 in 1989-90, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 20/02/1990.

That this House welcomes the recent developments in South Africa, in particular the release of Nelson Mandela, which are the direct result of internal pressures; endorses the decision of the Strasbourg meeting of the European Council that European Community restrictive measures against South Africa should only be reviewed when 'profound and irreversible changes' have been obtained; notes the statement by Mr Nelson Mandela that 'to lift sanctions now would be to run the risk of aborting the process towards the complete eradication of apartheid'; therefore welcomes the decision of the European Council of Ministers that there should be no relaxation at present, of existing European Community measures; and urges the Prime Minister to maintain the restrictive measures agreed by the United Kingdom and the Council of Ministers at its meetings in September 1985 and 1986 in order to ensure that the European Community makes the maximum possible contribution to ending apartheid.

This motion has been signed by a total of 122 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.