Commonwealth Leadership To End Modern Slavery

EDM number 276 in 2017-19, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 06/09/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, International politics and government and International organisations.

That this House welcomes the opportunity presented by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 in London, for the Commonwealth to take a leading role in ending modern slavery and achieving SDG 8.7 in Member States; notes the important role the Commonwealth Secretary-General and Secretariat have had in leading internationally on climate change, and Small Island Developing States; further notes, with regret and concern, that the Commonwealth is disproportionately affected by modern slavery; welcomes the involvement of civil society in the run-up to the Summit, including through the Commonwealth 8.7 Group convened by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, and in on-going initiatives to end modern slavery; further welcomes the Government's commitment to achieving SDG 8.7; and urges the Government and parliamentarians to actively support significant political and financial investment, including at the Summit, in global Commonwealth leadership in this area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.