§ Mr. BestTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking to resolve the situation in Darfur. [183334]
§ Mr. MullinWe are urging the Government of Sudan to honour the commitments it has given to rein in the Janjaweed, remove the obstacles to humanitarian access, and facilitate deployment of the African Union-led Ceasefire Commission (AU CFC). We are urging the UN Security Council to keep the situation under review, and consider further steps if there is no significant progress soon.
The priority is to improve the security situation and to respond to the humanitarian crisis, Since September 2003, we have provisionally allocated £62.5 million to the humanitarian response, including £2 million we have contributed to the AU CFC, This makes the UK the second largest bilateral donor in Darfur.
550WWe continue to urge all sides to meet soon to discuss a political solution.