Early Day Motions

JEJU ISLAND

EDM (Early Day Motion) 2883: tabled on 15 March 2012

Tabled in the 2010-12 session.

This motion has been signed by 14 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House acknowledges the five-year struggle of the Gangeong villagers of the World Heritage site of Jeju Island against their government's plans to build a huge naval base which will wipe out totally the village and nearby coastline's unique ecosystems and farmlands and fishing grounds; notes the forced arrests of local residents, priests and international activists who require the UK's support; most significantly notes that the naval base will afford the USthe right to have a station there which may increase tensions between the US and China and jeopardise South Korea's national security; and calls on the Government to make representations to the Jeju government against the building of the naval base.