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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 July 2025

Debate

Sudan

Contribution

My Lords, I declare my interest in my continuing active involvement with the Sumoud civilian network, which is seeking an end to the war and a future civilian Government of Sudan. I too commend the work of the diaspora community here in the UK, including groups such as Humanitarian Action for Sudan, chaired by Zeinab Badawi, whom I met yesterday. It is providing invaluable support that is desperately needed, especially to the emergency rooms. My question to the Minister relates to the most recent violence in El Fasher. It is now over a year since the UK successfully proposed United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736 on the protection of civilians. Notwithstanding the Secretary-General’s most recent call for ceasefires, we have seen the breaking of that, along with the most recent violence and the continuing persecution of civilians. What are the Government doing to ensure the enforcement of that resolution? There is no point in having Security Council resolutions unless they are enforced.

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