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Nelson Mandela International Day

EDM number 380 in 2012-13, proposed by Graeme Morrice on 11/07/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Africa and Voluntary organisations.

That this House notes that 18 July 2012 is Nelson Mandela International Day, marking the 94th birthday of the great South African statesman; further notes that, following South Africa's official designation of the Day in 2009 to acknowledge Mr Mandela's 67 years of public service, people there are encouraged to give 67 minutes of voluntary service each year on 18 July; welcomes the UN General Assembly's unanimous adoption of an annual Nelson Mandela International Day in a resolution sponsored by 165 countries in November 2009; further welcomes the fact that, on the initiative of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Government and ACTSA Scotland, this date in 2012 is being inaugurated as an annual fixture in Scotland with the intention of building on co-operation between Scotland and South Africa; and congratulates all involved with this initiative and with the sending of a nine-tonne container-load of donated books, sorted and packed by ACTSA volunteers, to school libraries in South Africa.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Graeme Morrice11/07/2012LivingstonLabourProposed
Kelvin Hopkins12/07/2012Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn12/07/2012Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin12/07/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Martin Caton13/07/2012GowerLabourSeconded
Katy Clark16/07/2012North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Linda Riordan16/07/2012HalifaxLabourSigned
Steve Rotheram16/07/2012Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma16/07/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Mark Durkan16/07/2012FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell16/07/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/07/2012Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Jim Shannon16/07/2012StrangfordDUPSigned
Margaret Ritchie17/07/2012South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Weir17/07/2012AngusScottish National PartySigned
Michael Crockart17/07/2012Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Connarty03/09/2012Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Ian Davidson03/09/2012Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
George Galloway03/09/2012Bradford WestRespectSigned
Rosie Cooper03/09/2012West LancashireLabourSigned

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