SOMALIA

Early day motion 482, tabled 5 December 2007 by Harry Cohen (Labour). Signed by 12 members.

That this House notes with dismay the consequence of the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia in December 2006 and the installation of an unpopular regime which followed; is dismayed at the continuing conflict and the displacement of many hundreds of thousands of civilians; further notes that shortages of shelter, food, water and healthcare have plunged Somalia back into a grave humanitarian crisis; considers that the United States actively prompted the Ethiopian invasion and that what has happened represents another disaster for the foreign policy of President Bush; and calls on the Ethiopians to leave, the present government in Somalia to leave office, and the United Nations to intervene to broker peace and a new government, and make arrangements for humanitarian relief to flow unfettered.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Independent 1, Liberal Democrat 1.