Regarding the mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia in Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus

On 12 February 2015, following a 30 minute discussion, the plenary of the European Parliament adopted resolution RC8-0150/2015 of the joint motion on the case of the mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia in Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus.

Present Members of Parliament:     648

Voted:       
For                543  (83.8%)
Against           43  (  6.6%)
Abstentions   62  (10.0%)

You can read the Resolution in the following link:  1) in English  2) in Greek

View the 30 minute discussion, at the plenary of the European Parliament

Analysis of the voting:  1) by Member of Parliament   2) by Political Groups  

3) by Member State   4) Deflections in the political groups

We would like to express our gratitude to the following:

1) members of the European Parliament who supported the Joint Motion for a Resolution:

Cristian Dan Preda, Eleni Theocharous, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Elmar Brok, Lefteris Christoforou, Davor Ivo Stier, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Giovanni La Via, Lara Comi, Tunne Kelam, Jiri Pospisil, Dubravka Suica, Pavel Svoboda, Stanislav Polcak, Francesc Gambus, Inese Vaidere, Jaromir Stetina, Jaroslaw Walesa, Tomaw Zdechovsky, Jeroen Lenaers, Marijana Petir, Andrej Plenkovic, Joachim Zeller, Franck Proust, Ivan Stefanec, Sean Kelly, Michaela Sojdrova, Claude Rolin, Jozsef Nagy, Eduard Kukan, Kinga Gal, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Elisabetta Gardini, Ivana Maletic, Andrey Kovatchev, Monica Macovei on behalf of the PPE Group

Josef Weidenholzer, Michela Giuffrida, Kashetu Kyenge, Nikos Androulakis, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Vilija Blinkeviciute, Demetris Papadakis, Costas Mavrides, Miroslav Poche, Victor Negrescu, Viorica Dancila, Luigi Morgano, Nicola Caputo, Enrico Gasbarra, Doru-Claudian Frunzulica, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, Eva Kaili, Afzal Khan, Neena Gill, Biljana Borzan on behalf of the S&D Group

Charles Tannock, Ruza Tomasic, Valdemar Tomaaevski, Branislav Skripek on behalf of the ECR Group

Fernando Maura Barandiaran, Maite Pagazaurtundua Ruiz, Cecilia Wikstrom, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Gerard Deprez, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Ivan Jakovcic, Marielle de Sarnez, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica on behalf of the ALDE Group

Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Malin Bjork, Javier Couso Permuy, Marina Albiol Guzman, Lidia Senra Rodriguez, Paloma Lopez Bermejo, Angela Vallina, Sofia Sakorafa, Kostas Chrysogonos, Kostadinka Kuneva, Dimitrios Papadimoulis on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Ska Keller, Ernest Urtasun, Davor Skrlec, Ernest Maragall on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Laura Agea, Piernicola Pedicini, Tiziana Beghin, Dario Tamburrano, Ignazio Corrao, Rosa D'Amato, Laura Ferrara, Eleonora Evi on behalf of the EFDD Group

2) the 543 Members of Parliament who voted for the Joint Resolution.  

3) We note in particular and extend our appreciation to the six Cypriot Members of Parliament, Mrs Eleni Theocharous, Mr Lefteris Christoforou, Mr Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Mr Neoclis Silikiotis, Mr Demetre Papadakis and Mr Costas Mavrides for their coordinated effort which resulted in the overwhelming adoption of this strong resolution by the European Parliament.

Read more: 

1) The war crime committed by the Turkish Army in Ornithi

2) Turkish policy on Cyprus: The case of the missing persons of Assia