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Genocide Against The Assyrian And Armenian People

EDM number 1806 in 2007-08, proposed by Bob Spink on 17/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, Military operations and Western Europe.

That this House urges the Government to recognise formally the genocide of Assyrians and Armenians under the Young Turk regime in Ottoman Turkey during 1915 to 1923; and welcomes the co-operation between groups representing the Armenian and Assyrian peoples, joined also by groups representing the Kurdish people who have also suffered genocide, in jointly working to encourage the whole international community to recognise the atrocities perpetrated against their respective peoples as genocide.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Spink17/06/2008Castle PointUKIPProposed
Andrew Dismore18/06/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Clive Efford19/06/2008ElthamLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn19/06/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing23/06/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
John McDonnell23/06/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan24/06/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Hywel Francis24/06/2008AberavonLabourSigned
John Battle25/06/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell25/06/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Dan Rogerson26/06/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin30/06/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Marsha Singh01/07/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd02/07/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Albert Owen02/07/2008Ynys MLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis02/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty03/07/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned

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