United Nations And Political Prisoners In Burma

EDM number 343 in 2008-09, proposed by John Battle on 17/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Prisons.

That this House condemns the arrest of over a thousand further political prisoners since the democracy uprising in September 2007, bringing the total to more than 2,100; further condemns the sentencing of hundreds of these activists to long jail terms; notes that many of the prisoners have been moved to jails hundreds of miles from where their families live; further notes that the United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, European Union and ASEAN have all called for the release of political prisoners in Burma and that these calls have been ignored; further notes that 37 visits by United Nations envoys have failed to secure a single reform; calls on the United Nations Secretary General to travel to Burma to negotiate the release of all political prisoners; further calls on the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution giving full support to the Secretary General's efforts; and further calls on the British Government to continue to work for a Resolution by the Security Council.

This motion has been signed by a total of 185 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	17/12/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Mark Durkan	17/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
John McDonnell	18/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	18/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Evan Harris	18/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	18/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Anderson	18/12/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	12/01/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	12/01/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/01/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/01/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	12/01/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	12/01/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	12/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	13/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	13/01/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/01/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/01/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Edward Davey	15/01/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	19/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/01/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	20/01/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	22/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Mason	27/01/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/02/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	09/02/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Letwin	09/02/2009	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	09/02/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	09/02/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	09/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Plaskitt	09/02/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/02/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	10/02/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	10/02/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/02/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	10/02/2009	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	10/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	10/02/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	10/02/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Michael Howard	10/02/2009	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Sally Keeble	10/02/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/02/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	10/02/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	11/02/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Angela Smith	11/02/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	11/02/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	11/02/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	11/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	11/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	11/02/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	11/02/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	11/02/2009	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	11/02/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Brian Binley	12/02/2009	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	12/02/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/02/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	12/02/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	12/02/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	23/02/2009	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	23/02/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	23/02/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	23/02/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	23/02/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	23/02/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	23/02/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	23/02/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Benyon	23/02/2009	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Greg Clark	23/02/2009	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	23/02/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	23/02/2009	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	23/02/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	23/02/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	23/02/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	23/02/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/02/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	23/02/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	23/02/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	23/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	23/02/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	23/02/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davis	23/02/2009	Haltemprice & Howden	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	23/02/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/02/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/02/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Lembit	23/02/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	24/02/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	24/02/2009	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	24/02/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Diane Abbott	24/02/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	24/02/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Anne McGuire	24/02/2009	Stirling	Labour	Signed
David Heath	24/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	25/02/2009	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	25/02/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Caborn	25/02/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	25/02/2009	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ryan	25/02/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Greg Hands	26/02/2009	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/02/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	26/02/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	26/02/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/02/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
James Paice	26/02/2009	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
David Willetts	27/02/2009	Havant	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	02/03/2009	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	03/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/03/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Cairns	03/03/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mark Prisk	05/03/2009	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	05/03/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/03/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	05/03/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/03/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/03/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Hammond	06/03/2009	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	06/03/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	09/03/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	09/03/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Jacqui Lait	10/03/2009	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	12/03/2009	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
John Robertson	12/03/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	13/03/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tom Harris	13/03/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Denis Murphy	17/03/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Maria Miller	18/03/2009	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	18/03/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Browne	19/03/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	25/03/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/03/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	27/03/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/04/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	02/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lidington	24/04/2009	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Kim Howells	05/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	15/06/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Grant Shapps	15/06/2009	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	26/10/2009	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	26/10/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	27/10/2009	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	28/10/2009	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
David Mundell	28/10/2009	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	03/11/2009	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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