To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to mediate with the different parties in Sudan’s Government of National Unity (GNU); what reports he has received on the effect of the recent reshuffle of Ministers on (a) the viability of the GNU and (b) the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, including the points of issue in the ongoing dispute; and if he will make a statement. (160032)

[holding answer 24 October 2007]: We are working with both sides to enable the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement to resume fully their place in the national government and to resume serious implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement as soon as possible.