Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 23 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 October 2008. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 6 November 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent steps the Government has taken to promote a peaceful resolution in Sudan;

Answer: The Government are committed to a peaceful and prosperous Sudan. We continuously monitor events and take steps to promote a peaceful resolution in Sudan. Our embassy in Khartoum, our contacts with partners, international organisations, (such as the United Nations and the African Union), and non-governmental organisations, and our direct contacts with the government of Sudan inform our work.Throughout our engagement, we press strongly for full implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement between the north and south, progress on the Darfur political process and support to the deployment of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). My right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, and my Noble Friend the Minister for Asia, Africa and the UN, Lord Malloch-Brown, reiterated these messages with other UN member states at the UN General Assembly in the week of 22-27 September. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary also conveyed these messages directly to Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha in New York on 27 September 2008.

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