§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the impact of recent military activity on the delivery patterns for humanitarian aid of Operation Lifeline Sudan.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydOur information is that the hostilities by the Government of Sudan, factions of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army and non-aligned groups have continued to impede the delivery and distribution of relief supplies in parts of the south. Eastern and Western Equatoria and Upper Nile are most affected. The Government of Sudan have withheld flight permission to six relief centres in March: Boma, Kajokeji, Maridi, Mundri, Pariang, and Thiet. World Food Programme relief barges along the Nile network have been suspended and clearance for the relief train serving Wau has been withheld by the SPLA.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about crop failure and food shortage in Sudan.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Food and Agricultural Organisation-World Food Programme crop assessment report of December 1993 estimated emergency food aid requirements for 1993–94 at 464,000 tonnes. A copy of the report has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.