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Gordon Brown addresses debate at the Fabian Society; ENGLAND: London: INT General views of stage as three potential Labour leadership candidates on to stage (from L-R) Michael Meacher MP, John McDonell MP and Gordon Brown MP as applauded / Steve Richards (Journalist at 'The Independent') introduces debate SOT / CUTAWAYs Audience applauding, Brown listening and McDonnell listening / EXCERPTs from debate including Brown response to question about military intervention in other countries SOT - Well let me give the example of Darfur at the moment / Should you intervene or shouldn't you intervene? / Should you protect people who are refugees now, many of whom are victims of racist and prejudicial assaults and many of whom have lost their lives / Now the answer is it would be right to intervene, to take action in this area / That's why the Africa Union and United Nations are proposing action - Then you've got to look at is it practical to intervene in the circumstances in which you are now in, are you putting potential troops at risk, are you endangering the civilian population / And of course what was decided originally on Darfur was that it would be economic sanctions and then there would be further financial sanctions and then there would be potentially a no-fly zone which is what is under discussion at the moment / But I say to you, the case for action has been made, the question now is whether we move from the sanctions and potentially to financial sanctions and then to a no-fly zone and how, most of all, which is what I want to achieve, we get an African Union and United Nations force in there almost immediately so that we can protect the civilian population - I think this is one of the urgent policies of the next six months / So, yes, I can show you there, it's the right thing to do but it's got to be done in the right way View of speakers on stage as Richards asks question about Iraq SOT