Sunday 3 July 2011

EU Demo Belfast

Belfast and District Trades Council Motion

WHAT IS ICTU CALLING FOR?

In line with the resolution passed at the ICTU Biennial conference in 2005 we are demanding –

·                     The right of self-determination for the Palestinian people.

·                     The right of return for Palestinian refugees under Article 13 (2) of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

·                     The immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Israeli troops from all the territories occupied in 1967 based on UN resolutions 242 and 338.

·                     The immediate cessation of the building of illegal settlements in the occupied territories as expressed in UN resolution 465.

·                     The immediate dismantling of the Apartheid wall.    

WHAT CAN TRADE UNIONISTS DO TO HELP?

  • Affiliate to TUFP-ICTU - see address below.
  • Join the international boycott of Israeli goods and services - economic, sporting, cultural and academic and the campaign for divestment from companies supporting the Israeli state.
  • Write to your MEP demanding that the Euro-Med preferential trading agreement with the Apartheid regime in Israel is ended.
  • Put motions to your own union conferences calling for justice for Palestine