14) VANCOUVER
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS CONDEMN GAZA ATTACK
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Resolution passed by the Vancouver
Elementary School Teachers' Association (VESTA), a local of the British
Columbia Teachers' Federation, to be debated at the upcoming BCTF
annual general meeting March 14-17, 2009 in Vancouver:
"That the BCTF strongly condemns the
recent Israeli bombardment and attacks on the defenseless people of
Gaza. The targeting of UN facilities, schools, universities and medical
centers, and the killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, is
totally unacceptable.
"And that
the BCTF calls upon
the Canadian government to support the international effort to achieve
a long term ceasefire that recognizes the right of the Palestinian
people of Gaza to a viable territory and independent international
relations free from Israeli blockade and military intervention.
"And finally
that the BCTF
support the call by Palestinian human rights organizations for the U.N.
Security Council to call an emergency session and adopt concrete
measures, including the imposition of sanctions, in order to ensure
Israel's fulfillment of its obligations under international
humanitarian law."