§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on the extent of the emerging famine in southern Sudan;
(2) what assessment he has made of the degree of access that Operation Lifeline Sudan is being given to famine areas in southern Sudan.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe World Food Programme estimates that 2.2 million people in the south and the transition zone will need emergency food aid in 1994. Information on access to populations at risk is contained in "The Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance: Issues Facing UN Agencies and NGOs in 1994" a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the causes of the famine in Sudan; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the causes were man-made.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydFailed harvests, primarily due to lack of rain and inappropriate economic and agricultural policies, have resulted in serious food shortages in many areas of both north and south Sudan. The situation has been exacerbated in the south by fighting between the Government and rebel forces, which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.