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Kurdish Peace Initiatives In Turkey

EDM number 384 in 2009-10, proposed by John Austin on 07/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and International politics and government.

That this House supports the steps taken by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey and the Kurdish Movement, to initiate a just democratic solution to the issue of the rights of the Kurdish people; recognises that the Kurdish Movement includes the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan; notes the positive steps taken by Ocalan to initiate a peace process including a unilateral PKK ceasefire and sending peace groups of PKK activists and refugees to Turkey to support peace efforts; further notes the appeal to the EU by the Society for Threatened Peoples to support the peace initiative of the PKK and the legal pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party; regrets that the AKP has prevented the peace groups entering Turkey; believes that the PKK should be recognised as a party to the dialogue in order to achieve a just and peaceful solution; further believes that the continued listing of the PKK as a terrorist organisation is an impediment to the resolution of the conflict; further regrets that the Turkish opposition parties, the Republican People's Party and the Nationalist Movement Party, have opposed the initiative for peace; urges the Government to de-list the PKK to facilitate its recognition as legitimate party to the negotiations; and also urges the Government to put the utmost diplomatic pressure on Turkey to turn away from conflict and to open negotiations with the Kurdish Movement forthwith to bring stability to the region.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Austin07/12/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Colin Breed07/12/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell07/12/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Taylor08/12/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Lynne Jones08/12/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Drew08/12/2009StroudLabourSeconded
Bob Spink08/12/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Marsha Singh08/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer08/12/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George08/12/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn09/12/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Williams09/12/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley09/12/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn09/12/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Martin Caton09/12/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell09/12/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/12/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Lepper09/12/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/12/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/12/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Hemming10/12/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling10/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Betty Williams14/12/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Willie Rennie14/12/2009Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham15/12/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard15/12/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Gavin Strang05/01/2010Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone19/01/2010Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned

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