Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile

Baroness Fookes Excerpts
Wednesday 27th February 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Grand Committee
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Baroness Fookes Portrait The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Fookes)
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My Lords, as all noble Lords are present, we may resume.

Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait Lord Alton of Liverpool
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My Lords, before the Division, I was about to end. I would like to complete my remarks by simply referring to a note I received recently from the courageous bishop of El Obeid, Bishop Macram Gassis. He wrote:

“The suffering of my flock torments me. The aerial bombardment is incessant. … I plead with the international community to save the Nuba people from extermination”.

He concluded:

“The barrel of the gun will never bring peace; on the contrary it will simply create more hatred and violence”.

Surely those are sentiments with which we can all agree.