"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X
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Ms Davie called on Parliament to "keep Uganda in mind as we think about a new role for the UN".
In a powerful speech on September 11 to mark the second anniversary of the New York bombing, a British Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West, Valerie Davie spoke of the situation facing the people of northern Uganda and said "all these sufferings have been happening in a country that we are all acclaiming as having met the HIPC (heavily indebted poor countries) regulations
It is one of the countries that is doing better and that we highlight as developing, and I am sure that my honourable friend, the Minister would suggest that it is one of those moving forward to democracy. Yet communities in the north of Uganda have been suffering terribly for 17 years.
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"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X
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"Meanwhile, Oxfam, a UK based international NGO, has invited the Bishop to endorse their "Control Arms Campaign" planned for launching on October 9, after hearing his interview on BBC's Today programme."
British MP Criticises Government Neglect of North
African Church Information Service
September 22, 2003
Posted to the web September 22, 2003
Jenny Taylor
London
British Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West, Valerie Davie, has criticised the British government for acclaiming Uganda for its moves towards development and democracy, while people in the north go on "suffering terribly".
In a powerful speech on September 11 to mark the second anniversary of the New York bombing, Davie praised the advocacy of the Bishop of Kitgum, who was in Britain as guest of Church Missionary Society (CMS), to launch their "Break the silence" campaign.
"I am especially keen to speak today following an interview that I heard last Sunday on Radio Bristol . . . with the visiting bishop, the Rt Rev Ben Ojwang. He spoke passionately of the situation facing his diocese and the people of northern Uganda as a result of the atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army, including the abduction and brutalising of 20,000 children," said Davie.
She went on: "That is happening in a country that we are all acclaiming as having met the HIPC (heavily indebted poor countries) regulations.
It is one of the countries that is doing better and that we highlight as developing, and I am sure that my honourable friend, the Minister would suggest that it is one of those moving forward to democracy. Yet communities in the north of Uganda have been suffering terribly for 17 years.
"As the bishop said, while the Ugandan army has gone into the Congo, it has failed to resolve the situation within its own borders."
Ms Davie called on Parliament to "keep Uganda in mind as we think about a new role for the UN".
Meanwhile, Oxfam, a UK based international NGO, has invited the Bishop to endorse their "Control Arms Campaign" planned for launching on October 9, after hearing his interview on BBC's Today programme.
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