Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with the UK’s international partners on the various peace initiatives aimed at ending the conflict in Sudan.

We are working with international partners in support of continued African efforts through The African Union, The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, UN and through the Quad and Troika, to end the violence, allow unfettered humanitarian access and commit to a sustained and meaningful peace process. On 4 August, the UK and its Troika partners released a joint statement, condemning recent reports of killing based on ethnicity and widespread sexual violence in Darfur by the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias. Recently, at the United Nations General Assembly, UK Ministers and senior officials held four meetings with different groups of partners to discuss accountability issues and the humanitarian situation in Sudan.