§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received concerning the use of child soldiers in southern Sudan. [107601]
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§ Mr. HainWe have received many reports of the use of child soldiers in the ongoing conflict in southern Sudan. The EU sponsored resolution on the Sudan at last year's Commission on Human Rights urges all parties to the conflict not to use children as soldiers. This is a message we repeat regularly.
§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received concerning the attack on the relief workers of Norwegian Church Aid, Africa Inolanol Church and the Sudanese Episcopal churches in southern Sudan. [107602]
§ Mr. HainI understand that on the morning of 14 January, a Norwegian Church Aid mission looking at displacement and food shortages near Parajok, Eastern Equatoria, was attacked. Two Norwegian Church Aid, one African Inland Church, two Episcopal Church and three Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association workers were killed; three others survived.