Mexico
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- Date
- 1998 May 21-29
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 65
- Mover
- Archdeacon S. Pike
- Seconder
- Mrs. P. Cummine
- Text of motion
- That the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada request the Government of Canada to use its good offices to actively encourage the Mexican Government:
- a) to immediately renew meaningful dialogue and peace talks with the Zapatista National Liberation Army;
- b) to honour previously agreed-to accords signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government, known as the 1996 San Andres Accords Regarding Indigenous Rights and Culture; and
- c) to find peaceful solutions to the increasing violence in the State of Chiapas, taking the specific concerns and needs of the state's indigenous population into account. CARRIED WITHOUT DEBATE Act 65
- Notes
- Abstentions were noted from Chancellor David Wright, Captain Baxter Park, Captain Todd Meaker, Mr. Bryan Campbell and Canon Andrew Gates.
- Subjects
- Mexico - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Mexico
- Mexico - Politics and government - 1988-