[g8-sheffield] JUNE 1ST NOTICE OF MOTION GIVEN BY COUNCILLOR JILLIAN CREASY

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12.         NOTICE OF MOTION GIVEN BY COUNCILLOR JILLIAN CREASY

That this Council :-

(a)         notes that:

(i)          the G8 countries are the most rich and powerful in the World 
but represent only one tenth of its population;
(ii)          the G8 meetings are a caucus for this self-selected group to 
discuss strategy outside electorally accountable bodies such as the United 
Nations or World Trade Organisation; and
(iii)          the G8 Justice and Interior Ministers are interested in 
supporting the war on terror on the “home front” by introducing measures 
which restrict our civil liberties (such as identity cards and detention and 
control orders), and by the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers;

(b)           believes that:-

(i)            the G8 visit will put Sheffield on the map as a place which 
welcomes undemocratic and repressive tendencies at the highest level;

(ii)           the security measures being put in place for the G8 visit 
(secrecy, exclusion zones, issuing of passes) are themselves an indication 
of this style of government; and

(iii)          the desire to be internationally recognised should not 
outweigh the rights and well- being of local people and businesses; and

(c)           therefore:-

(i)            regrets the lack of consultation preceding the decision to 
host the G8 visit;

(ii)           supports the right of organisations such as Make Poverty 
History, Sheffield Stop the War Coalition and Sheffield Dissent Network to 
peacefully demonstrate their views;

(iii)          undertakes to explain to the people of Sheffield exactly what 
the G8 Justice and Interior Ministers’ agenda is and how precisely their 
visit befits and benefits the City; and

(iv)          in the interests of closing the gap internationally, instructs 
the Chief Executive to look into the possibility of hosting a meeting for 
the G77 – a caucus of the World’s poorest nations.

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