§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek assurances from the Sudan Government that the Nuba mountains area will now be accessible to international non-governmental organisations following the IGADD—Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development—meeting in Nairobi on 17 March.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe sub-committee established at the recent IGADD talks to implement the declaration of principles allowing free access of relief supplies and humanitarian assistance began work on 6 April. Representatives from the UN-sponsored Operation Life-Line are expected to participate. We shall be closely monitoring the committee's progress in advance of the next high-level IGADD talks in mid-May.