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Taiwan's Participation In The Un Framework Convention On Climate Change

EDM number 269 in 2009-10, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 26/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Climate change and United Nations.

That this House regrets that Taiwan has been excluded from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its related mechanisms; notes that the 15th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties will convene between 7 and 18 December 2009; recognises that global warming is not restricted by political boundaries and there should be no gap or weak spot in the collective international network to reduce global carbon emissions and combat climate change; contends that the UNFCCC should not ignore the basic rights of the 23 million people of Taiwan; applauds Taiwan's voluntary declaration of reduction goals and schedules for greenhouse gases and its commitment to assuming its responsibilities and obligations as part of the global community; welcomes the WHO Director General's recent invitation for Taiwan to attend the World Health Assembly as an observer; further notes that Paragraph 6 of Article 7 of the UNFCCC states that observers to UN specialised agencies may be represented as observers at sessions of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties; observes that other non-UN member states were likewise made parties to the UNFCCC; strongly encourages the Government to support Taiwan's justifiable bid for UNFCCC observer status in order to institutionalise Taiwan's meaningful participation in UNFCCC activities; and urges the UNFCCC Executive Secretary to invite Taiwan as an observer.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nicholas Winterton26/11/2009MacclesfieldConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley30/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Derek Conway30/11/2009Old Bexley and SidcupIndependentSeconded
Bob Spink30/11/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle30/11/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Ann Winterton01/12/2009CongletonConservativeSeconded
Janet Anderson01/12/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
William McCrea02/12/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Michael Clapham02/12/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt02/12/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Frank Cook07/12/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams07/12/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell07/12/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock07/12/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn07/12/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Marsha Singh07/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar08/12/2009Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourWithdrawn
Gregory Campbell08/12/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Iris Robinson10/12/2009StrangfordDUPWithdrawn
Brian Jenkins10/12/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson10/12/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley15/12/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington19/01/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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