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Sudan: Humanitarian Situation

Commons · Question 4367 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking as penholder on Sudan to support the development of options for the deployment of a civilian protection mission for that country in coordi

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Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 12 Sep 2024

We have used our position as penholder at the UN Security Council to call meetings to call for a ceasefire, and for all warring parties to protect civilians in Sudan. On 13 June, the UNSC adopted a UK-led resolution 2736 demanding a halt to the Rapid Supp...