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Humanitarian Situation In Somalia

EDM number 1535 in 2006-07, proposed by Diane Abbott on 22/05/2007.

That this House deplores the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Somalia; notes that there were estimates of over 1,000 deaths and 4,000 wounded civilians in Mogadishu caused by heavy fighting from 29th March to 1st April 2007, which included indiscriminate shelling by Ethiopian forces on civilian areas; understands that this has prompted 1.4 million persons to flee their homes, representing over 50 per cent. of the population of the capital which, according to John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has now surpassed the displacement crisis in Sudan; further notes that the Kenyan border remains closed to refugees fleeing the fighting, and whilst recognising their own security concerns notes that this is in contravention of international humanitarian law; further notes that humanitarian aid is failing to reach almost two-thirds of those who have been affected and displaced by the heavy fighting in Mogadishu; and calls for African members of the African Union to reassert their commitment to troops in the region; and further calls for UN intervention and an immediate increase in unimpeded humanitarian aid assistance before the seasonal rains aggravate the crisis.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Diane Abbott22/05/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourProposed
Andrew George22/05/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones22/05/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley23/05/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Edward Davey23/05/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Meale23/05/2007MansfieldLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore23/05/2007HendonLabourSigned
Robert Wareing23/05/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/05/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock23/05/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby23/05/2007Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Harry Cohen23/05/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Martin Caton23/05/2007GowerLabourSigned
William McCrea23/05/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Chris McCafferty23/05/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson23/05/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Paul Holmes23/05/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson23/05/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Bob Russell23/05/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell23/05/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Drew24/05/2007StroudLabourSigned
Mark Hunter24/05/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams24/05/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech24/05/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard24/05/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/05/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lyn Brown04/06/2007West HamLabourSigned
John Hemming04/06/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams04/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
David Hamilton04/06/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster04/06/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell04/06/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lindsay Hoyle04/06/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell04/06/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway05/06/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer05/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Michael Weir05/06/2007AngusScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil05/06/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Kerry McCarthy05/06/2007Bristol EastLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd06/06/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Karen Buck07/06/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Linda Riordan07/06/2007HalifaxLabourSigned
Jo Swinson12/06/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz12/06/2007Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/06/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/06/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds13/06/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Nigel Evans13/06/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan15/06/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Doug Naysmith19/06/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
David Heyes20/06/2007Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Eric Illsley20/06/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright20/06/2007Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff25/06/2007Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady28/06/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar09/07/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSigned

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