NUS Conference 2008 -> #4 Society & Citizenship

"The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open." - Gunter Grass

The final motion Zone was that of Society & Citizenship. Once more, here is a list of some of the successful policy:-

1) We resolved to campaign to protect the people of Darfur by lobbying the government to take action to prevent the human right abuses that are currently taking place.

2) We mandated the NEC to lobby the government to remove racist websites from the Internet, such as Redwatch, Noncewatch, Blood & Honour, etc.

3) We resolved to support the Stop the War Coalition to prevent any attack on Iran. However, an ammendment to remove army recruiters from campus fell, as we recognised that the army work to keep the peace, provide food & care and work to re-build war-torn countries.

4) Motions to lobby the NUS itself to become more Green, campaign on environmental issues and reduce carbon emissions were referred back to the NEC.

All in all, a lot of good work will be achieved because of the decisions of the motion Zones.