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EDM number 1610 in 1997-98, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 27/07/1998.

That this House is deeply concerned about the terror campaign being waged by both paramilitary groups and the Mexican Federal Army against indigenous Zapatista communities in Chiapas, while human rights observers whose presence has deterred state attacks are being expelled; notes the findings of the recent delegation of MEPs which reported widespread evidence that paramilitary groups in league with security forces are responsible for forced expulsions, death threats, rape, kidnapping and murder; deplores the Mexican Government's abandonment of the 1996 San Andres Accords on Indigenous Rights and Culture, which guaranteed autonomous self-government and land rights to those communities; notes that respect for democratic principles and fundamanetal human rights form an integral part of the Mexico-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement; therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to demand that Mexico fully implements the San Andres Accords, disbands and disarm all paramilitary groups, withdraws the Federal Army to its pre-1995 presence in Chiapas; and allows foreign visitors to remain as human rights observers; and further advocates that the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement be suspended until all these conditions are fulfilled by the Mexican Government and that all arms sales to Mexico cease.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn27/07/1998Islington NorthLabourProposed
Ken Livingstone27/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara28/07/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham28/07/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Norman Godman28/07/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Robert Wareing29/07/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Audrey Wise29/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/07/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/07/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George29/07/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Michie29/07/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Terry Lewis29/07/1998WorsleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins29/07/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell29/07/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin30/07/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt30/07/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington31/07/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey03/09/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson20/10/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar20/10/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Eric Clarke20/10/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
David Chaytor22/10/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/10/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Tony Benn29/10/1998ChesterfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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