Oau Declaration
EDM number 173 in 1989-90, proposed by Robert Hughes on 07/12/1989.
That this House fully endorses the Declaration of the Organisation of African Unity on the Question of South Africa adopted in Harare on 21st August which, with a view to ending apartheid, sets out: (a) the pre-conditions necessary to create a climate for negotiations in South Africa, namely that the authorities should: (1) release all political prisoners and detainees unconditionally and refrain from imposing any restrictions on them, (2) lift all bans and restrictions on all proscribed and restricted organisations and persons, (3) remove all troops from the townships, (4) end the state of emergency and repeal all legislation, such as and including the Internal Security Act, designed to circumscribe political activity, and (5) cease all trials and executions, (b) guidelines for the process of negotiations in South Africa, and (c) the principles of a new constitutional order for a united non-racial and democratic South Africa; welcomes the endorsement of the OAU Declaration by the Non-Aligned Movement at its summit meeting in September; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to support the adoption of the OAU Declaration by the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on apartheid and its destructive consequences in Southern Africa which takes place from 12th to 14th December.
This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hughes | 07/12/1989 | Aberdeen North | Proposed | |
| Andrew Faulds | 07/12/1989 | Warley East | Signed | |
| Derek Fatchett | 07/12/1989 | Leeds Central | Signed | |
| John Evans | 07/12/1989 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Alexander Eadie | 07/12/1989 | Midlothian | Signed | |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 07/12/1989 | Glasgow, Pollok | Signed | |
| Ron Davies | 07/12/1989 | Caerphilly | Signed | |
| Alistair Darling | 07/12/1989 | Edinburgh Central | Signed | |
| Jim Cousins | 07/12/1989 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Signed | |
| Michael Foot | 07/12/1989 | Blaenau Gwent | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 07/12/1989 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| James Wray | 07/12/1989 | Glasgow Provan | Signed | |
| David Winnick | 07/12/1989 | Walsall North | Signed | |
| Gerry Steinberg | 07/12/1989 | Durham, City of | Signed | |
| Gerry Bermingham | 07/12/1989 | St Helens South | Signed | |
| Kevin Barron | 07/12/1989 | Rother Valley | Signed | |
| Hilary Armstrong | 07/12/1989 | North West Durham | Signed | |
| Bruce Grocott | 07/12/1989 | Wrekin, The | Signed | |
| Graham Allen | 07/12/1989 | Nottingham North | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 07/12/1989 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| David Clelland | 07/12/1989 | Tyne Bridge | Signed | |
| Ronnie Campbell | 07/12/1989 | Blyth Valley | Signed | |
| Simon Hughes | 07/12/1989 | Southwark and Bermondsey | Signed | |
| George Howarth | 07/12/1989 | Knowsley North | Signed | |
| Doug Henderson | 07/12/1989 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Signed | |
| Ernie Ross | 07/12/1989 | Dundee West | Signed | |
| Jeff Rooker | 07/12/1989 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Signed | |
| Allan Rogers | 07/12/1989 | Rhondda | Signed | |
| Terry Patchett | 07/12/1989 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
| Peter Pike | 07/12/1989 | Burnley | Signed | |
| John Hume | 07/12/1989 | Foyle | Signed | |
| Tony Lloyd | 07/12/1989 | Stretford | Signed | |
| Richard Caborn | 07/12/1989 | Sheffield Central | Signed | |
| Keith Bradley | 07/12/1989 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
| Alf Morris | 07/12/1989 | Manchester Wythenshawe | Signed | |
| Elliot Morley | 07/12/1989 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | Signed | |
| Alan Meale | 07/12/1989 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Henry McLeish | 07/12/1989 | Central Fife | Signed | |
| William McKelvey | 07/12/1989 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Signed | |
| Geoffrey Lofthouse | 07/12/1989 | Pontefract & Castleford | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 08/12/1989 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 08/12/1989 | Islington North | Signed | |
| John Battle | 11/12/1989 | Leeds West | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 11/12/1989 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 11/12/1989 | Easington | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 11/12/1989 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 11/12/1989 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| Ian McCartney | 11/12/1989 | Makerfield | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 11/12/1989 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Peter Hardy | 11/12/1989 | Wentworth | Signed | |
| Martin Redmond | 11/12/1989 | Don Valley | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 11/12/1989 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Joan Walley | 12/12/1989 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 12/12/1989 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| Frank Doran | 12/12/1989 | Aberdeen South | Signed | |
| Denzil Davies | 12/12/1989 | Llanelli | Signed | |
| Alun Michael | 12/12/1989 | Cardiff South & Penarth | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 13/12/1989 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Win Griffiths | 13/12/1989 | Bridgend | Signed | |
| Roy Hughes | 13/12/1989 | Newport East | Signed | |
| David Hinchliffe | 13/12/1989 | Wakefield | Signed | |
| Dawn Primarolo | 13/12/1989 | Bristol South | Signed | |
| Chris Smith | 14/12/1989 | Islington South & Finsbury | Signed | |
| Harry Cohen | 14/12/1989 | Leyton | Signed | |
| George Galloway | 14/12/1989 | Glasgow Hillhead | Signed | |
| Joan Ruddock | 15/12/1989 | Lewisham, Deptford | Signed | |
| Terry Lewis | 18/12/1989 | Worsley | Signed | |
| Jack Thompson | 21/12/1989 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
| Bob Cryer | 21/12/1989 | Bradford South | Signed | |
| Diane Abbott | 11/01/1990 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 12/01/1990 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 18/01/1990 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Audrey Wise | 23/01/1990 | Preston | Signed | |
| Norman Buchan | Unknown | Withdrawn |
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