§ Baroness Coxasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will establish, as a matter of urgency, alternative mechanisms to co-operate with non-governmental organisations working outside the framework of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross in order to enable emergency aid to be delivered to those now dying from starvation and disease in the areas designated "no-go" locations by the National Islamic Front regime in Sudan.
§ Lord Whitty:While the UK supports the UN mandate in Sudan under Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), we recognise there are needs in non-OLS areas. We are prepared to respond to clearly identified humanitarian needs wherever they arise in Sudan through organisations with experience of working in conflict situations who can give firm assurances that aid will reach the people for whom it is intended.