§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has received about a massacre of Hutus near Ngozi in Burundi; and what representations his Government have made to the Government of Burundi. [41998]
§ Mr. HanleyThe UN secretariat has reported to the Security Council that a number of people have been killed in recent operations involving guerilla forces and the Burundi army, including 50 deaths at Ngozi. Together with our partners in the EU, we continue to give our strong backing to the efforts of the UN and OAU to assist the moderate and broad-based government, and bring an end to the inter-ethnic violence in Burundi.