PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BANNING THE EXPORT OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES (2 March 1995)
Motion Details
That this House notes that at least one million people, many of them children, have been killed or severely injured by anti-personnel land mines in the past 20 years and that more than 100 million landmines are strewn across the world today; recognises that they are a cause of immense suffering long after wars have finished; welcomes the campaign launched by CAFOD highlighting the humanitarian, human rights and development issues which are posed by the manufacture and export of anti-personnel mines; welcomes the decision of Her Majesty's Government to sign the Inhumane Weapons Convention and its Landmines Protocol; and calls on it to impose an immediate moratorium on the export of all anti-personnel mines and to use its best endeavours to persuade other governments to follow suit.
Sponsored by:
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
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