SOMALIA

Motion Text

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.