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"Madam President, my comments will be on the question of Fiji. Some days ago, a number of ethnic Fijian Indians representing that community and the Indian diaspora who are concerned about these conflicts came to the Parliament. They expressed their deepest concern about the situation in Fiji, about its symbolism and how it could affect Indian communities in other areas of the world. Their concern was not precisely for the ethnic Indian community, it was for Fiji. Fiji had a multi-racial constitution in 1997. It was designed to solve the ethnic problems in the islands, including the land issue and that constitution was unanimously approved by an ethnic-Fijian-dominated Parliament and blessed by the Great Council Of Chiefs. It was a model for a constitution for a multi-racial society and a thriving island. Clearly the lawlessness and violence has undermined that constitution but we must look more deeply at the causes of the conflict. This House has to ensure that in those countries where we give aid we monitor the breakdown of law and order and look at the interests of those ethnic minorities who are in danger. The concerns expressed are very real. We have the ability to suspend aid if we believe that there is something going wrong in Fiji. Myself and Glenys Kinnock and other colleagues who have met with the ethnic Indian community want to help them find a solution to this conflict."@en1
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