§ Lord Eamesasked Her Majesty's Government:
What role they are playing in the current attempts to end the strife in the Sudan and what humanitarian assistance they are providing to the government of Uganda and to the United Nations in relation to the refugee camps for Sudanese.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)We are in regular touch with all sides involved in the civil war. We continue to stress the need for a negotiated settlement. Since 1991 the UK has committed over £100 million bilaterally and through the EU to Sudan and Sudanese refugees. Of this, over £2 million has supported NGO programmes to help Sudanese refugees in Uganda. We are also a major contributor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), whose programmes include assistance to Sudanese refugees in Uganda.