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Follow Us on TwitterVEOLIA: Swansea City Council, UK passes resolution to exclude Veolia from all future contracts 17Jun10 June 28, 2010
This is the text as it appeared on the agenda and was passed by the full council unamended:
Notice of Motion from Councillors M. Hedges, D. Phillips, A. Lloyd,
J Burtonshaw, J. Miles, R. Stewart, C. Thomas, C. Richards, B.
Lloyd, R. Francis-Davies, E. Kirchner, M. Child:
“The UN not only does not recognise Israel’s annexation and
occupation of East Jerusalem, but has repeatedly stated its view that
the Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
contravene international law, and it has demanded that Israeli
settlement activities and occupation should not be supported.
The international trading company, Veolia, is a leading partner in a
consortium seeking to build a light railway system linking Israel to
illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, a project that clearly
not only contravenes UN demands but is in contravention of
international law.
This Council therefore calls on the Leader & Chief Executive not to sign
or allow to be signed any new contracts or renewal of any existing
contracts with Veolia or any other company in breach of international
law, so long as to do so would not be in breach of any relevant
legislation.”
The motion was put up by the Labour Party group and was narrowly passed 19 – 18 with some Liberal Democrats voting against and most abstaining. Swansea Palestine Community Link are in touch with councillors on this and hope to generate local media interest.
Thank You.
