Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Eric Joyce (Labour), on Thursday, 9 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 31 members in total.

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UGANDA AND THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY

That this House deplores the atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Sudan, which include the systematic rape and mutilation of civilians and the kidnapping and abduction of thousands of children and young people; condemns the failure of the Ugandan government and the international community to bring Joseph Kony and the LRA leadership to justice; believes that this failure constitutes a humanitarian disaster which destabilises the region; recognises recent legislation on the LRA passed through the United States Congress in the week of 7 December 2010; urges the Government to make similar commitments; and calls on the Government to support the demobilisation of LRA members and act on the UK's duty as a State Party of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to help arrest Joseph Kony and those members of the LRA subject to ICC warrants.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1171 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Marsha Singh

Jim McGovern

Valerie Vaz

Stephen Mosley

Subjects

Africa Human rights

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk