Britain offers to host Darfur peace summit

[struggle4progress]

Source: AFP

... "Britain is willing to invite all parties to London for talks to see if there is a way to make some progress," said a spokesman for Brown's Downing Street office ...

Brown said in a statement ... "The effects on children of the violence in Darfur have been nothing short of devastating. One million children have been forced to flee their homes and now live in crowded camps in need of basic food and water; two million children depend on humanitarian aid to survive; and half of all children are not receiving any education" ...

Andrew Mitchell, international development spokesman for the main opposition Conservatives, said .. "The current half-hearted and frustratingly slow international response must make way for urgent, determined and effective action. Do we really want to have a sixth day of action next year at which, once again, nothing has changed?" ...

Nick Clegg, leader of the smaller opposition Liberal Democrat party, said: "I would not want to denigrate the rhetorical efforts of Gordon Brown, but I am afraid people want to see action rather than more rhetoric" ...

Read more: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvIve3bllVv_MRnEuP-f0HRIcGhg

[gateley]

1. We WANTED to host it here,

but Bush's security adviser Stephen Hadley kept confusing Darfur with Denmark. :eyes:

[BunkerHill24]

2. This is a great line ... ha ha ha

"Nick Clegg, leader of the smaller opposition Liberal Democrat party, said: "I would not want to denigrate the rhetorical efforts of Gordon Brown, but I am afraid people want to see action rather than more rhetoric".