STOCKHOLM DECLARATION ON WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA

Early day motion 228, tabled 27 November 2002 by Harry Cohen (Labour). Signed by 80 members.

That this House notes with concern the long-term health and environmental consequences of wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia; endorses the Stockholm Declaration, including its recommendations for action, adopted on 28th July by the Environmental Conference on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; calls on the Government and companies that were directly and indirectly involved in production and use of weapons in these countries to accept responsibility for the long-term consequences of their use, and in particular the use by the armed forces of the United States of herbicides such as Agent Orange which were contaminated with dioxins; urges Her Majesty's Government to request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to circulate copies of the Stockholm document as an official document of the United Nations; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to support efforts to reduce the long-term health and environmental consequences of wars in these countries.

Signatures by party: Labour 66, Liberal Democrat 7, Labour/Co-operative 5, Plaid Cymru 2.