Motion · S2M-04594 · 21 Jun 2006
United Nations Universal Declaration for Animal Welfare
The motion
That the Parliament believes that animals are sentient beings capable of suffering and experiencing pain; recognises the need for a United Nations universal declaration for animal welfare to acknowledge this fact globally; welcomes the recently launched World Society for the Protection of Animals’ “Animals Matter to Me” petition aimed at collecting 10 million signatures at www.animalsmatter.org in support of such a universal declaration; supports the work of the Scottish SPCA in promoting the campaign and its petition in Scotland, and calls on the Scottish Executive to urge the relevant UK Minister to attend a ministerial conference to support the proposed universal declaration in New York in 2007.
Supporters (11)
- Frances Curran 22 Jun 2006
- Christine Grahame 22 Jun 2006
- Carolyn Leckie 22 Jun 2006
- Richard Lochhead 22 Jun 2006
- Ken Macintosh 22 Jun 2006
- Mike Pringle 22 Jun 2006
- Robin Harper 23 Jun 2006
- Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 23 Jun 2006
- Dennis Canavan 27 Jun 2006
- Nora Radcliffe 27 Jun 2006
- Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 28 Jun 2006
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.