Dundee TUC Marks International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2022

That the Parliament recognises 29 November 2022 as the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, providing an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact that the question of Palestine remains unresolved; believes that the Palestinian people have yet to attain what it sees as their inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination without external interference, the right to national independence and sovereignty, and the right to return to their homes and property, from which it considers they have been displaced; understands that Dundee has been twinned with the Palestinian city of Nablus since 1980; further understands that a delegation from Dundee Trades Union Council, including members of the FBU firefighters’ union, general unions GMB and Unite and the Communication Workers Union travelled to the West Bank city to sign an agreement with the Palestinian General Union on 7 November 2022; commends Dundee trade unionists for pledging to donate a fire engine to firefighters in Nablus as part of the reported first solidarity agreement between workers in Britain and Palestine, which, it understands, is expected to be delivered in 2023; considers that what it sees as the socialist ideal of international solidarity has always been a priority for workers in Dundee and the trade union movement across Scotland and the wider UK, and encourages all parliamentarians to give their broadest support and publicity to the people of Palestine in observance of the Day of Solidarity.