Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

(asked on 19th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to deliver humanitarian aid to Sudan.


Answered by
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 8th September 2023

In May, the Minister for Development and Africa announced that the UK would provide £21.7 million in humanitarian aid for people in need in Sudan, as part of our contribution at the UN Horn of Africa pledging summit. The UK's top humanitarian priority is to secure humanitarian access and operational security guarantees for humanitarian agencies. We are in close contact, and actively working with the UN, donors and humanitarian agencies to coordinate the effective delivery of aid, and to put pressure on the parties to abide by their commitments under international humanitarian law to protect civilians. The UK is pursuing all diplomatic avenues, working with international partners, including the UN, through the Quad (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, UK and US) and the African Union-led Core Group, to secure a cessation of hostilities, ensure the protection of civilians and to grant safe humanitarian access.

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