Spring 2008, Meeting series with key officials from Government of Sudan
By admin • Sep 3rd, 2008The Sudan APG met with key officials from the Government of Sudan
The Sudan APG met with key officials from the Government of Sudan
“Conflict, Arms and Militarization: The Dynamics of Darfur’s IDP Camps” by Clea Kahn
Two of Britain’s greatest actors to Portcullis House to retell the verbatim testimonies of Darfuri men and women.
How can faith communities and governments support peaceful development in Sudan? On 14th July 2008 a delegation from Sudan including Archbishop Daniel Deng, the new Primate of Sudan, met UK Parliamentarians, faith leaders from the Sudan and the UK, experienced humanitarians and members of the diaspora to discuss key issues.
Richard Willaimson, US Special Envoy to Sudan, briefs members of the Sudan APG
A forum to discuss the response of international stakeholders to the crisis in Abyei.
Save the Children’s Regional Director (Middle East and North Africa inter alia) and South Sudan Country Director brief members of the APG
Seeking Solutions to the Crisis in Abyei, Sudan prepared by Vanessa J.Jimenez, Senior Peace Fellow
A report which seeks to identify the key factors contributing to instability in Abyei and to identify actions that can be taken by the key domestic actors and the international community to begin to reduce tension and resolve the conflict.
The leadership of the SLA-Unity meet with the Sudan APG to discuss their stance in Darfur and on recent events
A new MSF report - “Greater Upper Nile, Southern Sudan: Immediate health needs remain amid a precarious peace”
Five years into the armed conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, women and girls living in displaced persons camps, towns, and rural areas remain extremely vulnerable to sexual violence.1 Sexual violence continues to occur throughout the region, both in the context of continuing attacks on civilians, and during periods of relative calm. Those responsible are usually men from the Sudanese security forces, militias,2 rebel groups, and former rebel groups, who target women and girls predominantly (but not exclusively) from Fur, Zaghawa, Masalit, Berti, Tunjur, and other non-Arab ethnicities.
The Parliamentary Monitor documents the occasions when issues pertaining directly to Sudan are discussed in Parliament during the dates shown. Contents:
1. House of Commons Debates
2. House of Lords Debates
3. Ministerial Statements
4. House of Commons Written Answers
5. House of Lords Written Answers
The International Center for Transitional Justice’s latest publication in our Reparative Justice Series, “Reparation and the Darfur Peace Process: Ensuring Victims’ Rights.”
This debate took place on April 1st 2008 entitled ‘The Situation in Darfur’ after joint work from the Sudan APG and Aegis Trust encouraged a number of members to put in for the ballot. This post includes the full debate transcript. During the debate. the Minister kindly agreed to respond more fully in writing to the points raised in both the APG Sudan brief, and the Aegis brief on Jame Duddridge’s suggestion. This will be somewhere ‘between a letter and a Select Committee Inquiry’ and will be posted here as soon as it is received.
The Parliamentary Monitor documents the occasions when issues pertaining directly to Sudan are discussed in Parliament during the dates shown.