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Mr John Negroponte (No.2)

EDM number 1276 in 2003-04, proposed by Harry Cohen on 25/05/2004.

That this House is aware that Mr John Negroponte will be the US Ambassador to Iraq after the 30th June sovereignty transfer, in which position he will wield enormous power; notes that, whilst US Ambassador to the UN, he said in November 2002 in relation to Resolution 1441 that the Resolution contained no hidden triggers or automaticity that would allow the United States to use force against Baghdad if it failed to co-operate with the weapons inspectors and that the matter would return to the UN Security Council for discussions; further notes that this line is contrary to the position of Her Majesty's Government which maintains that Resolution 1441 was sufficient to embark on the war without need for a second Resolution and that plainly Mr Negroponte misled the world community on this matter; and believes that, with his record, including this, he is likely to be a liability in Iraq.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Cohen25/05/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn25/05/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Llew Smith26/05/2004Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Terry Lewis26/05/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon26/05/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/05/2004GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/05/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Simon Thomas26/05/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Robert Wareing26/05/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/05/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge27/05/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard27/05/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Paul Flynn27/05/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/05/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Drew27/05/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Colin Breed27/05/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson27/05/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adam Price27/05/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Tom Cox07/06/2004TootingLabourSigned
Harold Best07/06/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Nigel Jones16/06/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell16/09/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Terry DavisUnknownWithdrawn

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