Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what action have they taken, along with the United Nations, the African Union, and other democratic nations which are signatories to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in response to the findings of United Nations, published on 17 February (A/HRC/61/77) that there are "hallmarks of genocide in El-Fasher”, in light of the obligations of the Convention to prevent, protect victims and punish perpetrators.

In her speech and accompanying statement to the UN Security Council on 19 February, the Foreign Secretary set out the UK's response to the UN report on El-Fasher, other evidence of atrocities committed by the warring parties in Sudan, and how the UK is protecting civilians and humanitarian operations, as well as holding the perpetrators and profiteers of the appalling atrocities committed in Sudan to account. I will place a copy of her speech and statement in the House of Lords library.