To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department has taken to extend the arms embargo established under UN Security Council resolutions 1556 and 1591 in co-operation with the UN Panel of Experts (a) to cover the whole of Sudan and (b) to reflect the full inventory of weapons held by all parties to the conflict. (133490)

At a meeting of the UN Security Council on 16 April chaired by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, she made the case for further sanctions to press the Government of Sudan and rebel movements to abide by their agreements. We are discussing a draft UN Security Council Resolution with other Security Council members to extend the UN arms embargo to the whole of Sudan covering arms and related military material. If the Sudanese Government and rebels do not co-operate and fulfil their obligations, we must be prepared to take tougher measures.