[accom-list] ACCOM - Declaration of the Government of Canada

[ACCOM - Secretary General]

Dear ACCOM Member,

Please find below the official declaration by Canada's Minister of 
Foreign Affairs before the House of Commons in Ottawa today October 17, 
2011 for your information.

Quote:

*Friends,*
**
*I would like to share with you Minister Baird's strong motion 
condemning the brutal attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt, which was 
adopted unanimously by the House of Commons earlier today.*
**
*Sincerely,*
**
*Hon. Jason Kenney, PC, MP*
*Calgary Southeast*
*Hon. John Baird (Minister of Foreign Affairs, CPC): *
**
*/Mr. Speaker,... I move:/*
*//*
/*That this House stand in solidarity with religious minorities around 
the world and strongly condemn the vicious attacks on Egyptian Coptic 
Christians and their institutions; call on the Egyptian Government to 
ensure that the perpetrators of the attacks be brought to justice and 
bear the full weight of the law; and, ask the United Nations Human 
Rights Council to conduct an open and transparent investigation into the 
plight of Egyptian Coptic Christians and issue a public report on its 
findings.
*/


Unquote.

Thank you











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