UK 2010
Bob Bloggs | 06.12.2008 17:00
Britains food and health crisis should be treated as an international emergency, the Chinese president said today, urging world leaders to tell the country's prime minister that "enough is enough."
The beleaguered European state is in the grip of a cholera epidemic while hospitals have been forced to close because of lack of cash and water.
Wen Jiabao said in a statement that the situation had deteriorated to the point where it demanded international action. "This is now an international rather than a national emergency. International because disease crosses borders. International because the systems of government in the UK are now broken. There is no state capable or willing of protecting its people.
"International because – not least in the week of the 60th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights – we must stand together to defend human rights and democracy, to say firmly to Brown that enough is enough."
Jiabao has long been a critic of the Brown regime and boycotted an international food summit this year in protest at Brown´s presence.
Using his strongest language yet on the subject, he said: "We must stand together to defend human rights and democracy, to say firmly to Brown that enough is enough."
He said the immediate priority was to prevent more deaths by distributing rehydration and water testing packs, and called for the establishment of a "command and control structure" in the capital, London, to coordinate the work of donors and NGOs so international aid reached those most in need.
Jiabao said he had been in close contact with European leaders to press for stronger action "to give the British people the government they deserve".
He said he hoped the UN security council would meet urgently to consider the situation. "The people of Britain voted for a better future. It is our duty to support that aspiration," Jiabao said.
The Nobel peace prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has told the BBC that European nations should use military force to remove Brown if he refuses to go.
The beleaguered European state is in the grip of a cholera epidemic while hospitals have been forced to close because of lack of cash and water.
Wen Jiabao said in a statement that the situation had deteriorated to the point where it demanded international action. "This is now an international rather than a national emergency. International because disease crosses borders. International because the systems of government in the UK are now broken. There is no state capable or willing of protecting its people.
"International because – not least in the week of the 60th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights – we must stand together to defend human rights and democracy, to say firmly to Brown that enough is enough."
Jiabao has long been a critic of the Brown regime and boycotted an international food summit this year in protest at Brown´s presence.
Using his strongest language yet on the subject, he said: "We must stand together to defend human rights and democracy, to say firmly to Brown that enough is enough."
He said the immediate priority was to prevent more deaths by distributing rehydration and water testing packs, and called for the establishment of a "command and control structure" in the capital, London, to coordinate the work of donors and NGOs so international aid reached those most in need.
Jiabao said he had been in close contact with European leaders to press for stronger action "to give the British people the government they deserve".
He said he hoped the UN security council would meet urgently to consider the situation. "The people of Britain voted for a better future. It is our duty to support that aspiration," Jiabao said.
The Nobel peace prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has told the BBC that European nations should use military force to remove Brown if he refuses to go.
Bob Bloggs