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
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
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”
Chinese Special Envoy to Darfur, Liu Guijin met members of the Associate Parliamentary Group on Sudan
David Drew MP briefly announced the Sudan APG report before Baroness Cox presented her findings direct from a three week visit to South Sudan.
Presentation and Q & A with Sadig Al Mahdi, former Prime Minister of Sudan, leader of the Umma Party (Mainstream), and Imam of the Alansar.
A discussion on the Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Where too next? With Omer Siddig (Ambassador of Sudan to the UK), Kuyok Abol Kuyok (General Secretary of SPLM UK), Dr Douglas Johnson (Abyei Boundaries Commission), and Michael O’Neill (UK Special Representative on Sudan).
Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, and Lord Malloch Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia, and the UN, briefed parliamentarians on UNAMID and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Over 100 MPs signed the following letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao. Mark Lancaster MP, Shadow Minister for International Development, and Lynne Featherstone MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Development delivered the letter to the Chinese Embassy on October 29th (download the Messages Delivered in the Meeting here). The Embassy expressed concern at the tone [...]
European Special Representative to Sudan Mr Torben Brylle briefed parliamentarians in the House of Commons. Mr Torben Brylle took over in May 2007 from Mr. Pekke Haavisto.
The Associate Parliamentary Group’s 2007 AGM was held Tuesday July 17th. Click to download and view minutes. Presentations from Joseph Ayok-Loewenberg, Director of Religious Affairs in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS); Dr. John Lunn, Senior Research Analyst, International Afffairs and Defence Section, House of Commons: focusing on East Sudan; and Becky Tinsley, director of Waging Peace presentated drawings collected from displaced Darfuri children in Goz Beida camp in Chad.