Sudan: Darfur (Hansard, 16 June 2004)

§ Baroness Amos

The Government are gravely concerned about the situation in Darfur. It is very difficult to establish the numbers of people who have died in Darfur, as access to the region is very limited. However, the UN estimates that there have been

UK Government-funded Humanitarian Interventions in Darfur, Sudan
Period	Agency	Description	Total Cost (£)
Oct to Dec 2003	UNHCR	Supplementary appeal for emergency assistance to Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad—2003	1,000,000
Oct 2003 to Sep 2004	SC-UK	Emergency response to conflict-related internal displacement in north Darfur	500,000
Nov to Dec 2003	ICRC	Contribution to the ICRC 2003 emergency appeal for Sudan	1,000,000
Nov 2003 to March 2004	WFP	Additional contribution to 2003 UN appeal, due to crisis in Darfur, to provide emergency food assistance to Sudanese populations affected by war and natural disasters	2,000,000
Jan to April 2004	MSF-F	Emergency assistance to IDPs in Darfur—through increasing access to health care in conflict areas, disease prevention, halting nutritional deterioration and treating malnourished children	491,369
Jan to Dec 2004	MSF-H	Darfur components of emergency health interventions in northern Sudan project	650,000
Feb to Dec 2004	UNICEF	Emergency assistance to humanitarian crisis in Darfur for health; water supply; water and environmental sanitation; relief and shelter items; and the protection of children	1,000,000
Feb to Nov 2004	GOAL	Emergency assistance to population in Kutum province, north Darfur—through a combined health, nutrition and shelter intervention	575,963
March to Dec 2004	ACF	Emergency nutrition programme in north Darfur	250,000
March to Dec 2004	WFP	Emergency distribution of food aid commodities to Sudanese refugees in north-east Chad	1,000,000
March 2004 to Jan 2005	UNHCR	Emergency assistance to Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad	1,000,000
April to Dec 2004	OXFAM	Public health humanitarian response Darfur (water/sanitation programme)	2,193,161
May to Dec 2004	WFP	Emergency purchase and distribution of food aid for internally displaced Sudanese in Darfur	2,000,000
May to Nov 2004	WHO	Emergency primary health care and response to communicable diseases in Darfur; support to measles vaccination programme	1,500,000
May to Dec 2004	UNICEF	Additional support to humanitarian assistance for crisis in Darfur; emergency nutrition; emergency health care and the protection of children	1,500,000
May to July 2004	UNJLC	Support to enable UNJLC to co-ordinate the logistics of an effective humanitarian response in Darfur	250,000
		Total	16,910,493

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approximately 10,000 deaths and over 1 million displaced people within Darfur, and approximately 120,000 refugees in Chad.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is providing assistance to refugees in Chad. So far it has established six camps in Chad, where 68,000 refugees are living, and has provided essential non-food items such as tents, plastic sheeting and blankets. It is also helping the refugees encamped at the boarder. The UK has given UNHCR £2 million to support this work in Chad.

The UK is heavily engaged in the humanitarian response to this crisis. DfID is the second largest donor after the US and so far we have committed over £16.5 million to agencies working in Darfur and eastern Chad. A breakdown of these commitments is given below. In addition, DfID has seconded four humanitarian officers to support the response of Office for the Co-ordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to the crisis in Darfur and is seconding an additional three for the UN joint logistics centre. We are also paying for a despatch of non-food items (22,500 blankets and 15,000 plastic sheets) for distribution by humanitarian agencies. DfID is lobbying other donors to increase their contribution to the humanitarian response and will keep our level of assistance under continuous review.