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Sudan: Politics and Government

Volume 470: debated on Wednesday 23 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking with its international partners to ensure that the government of Sudan complies with its obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1593; and what progress has been made in ensuring such compliance. (180720)

The UK sponsored UN Security Council Resolution 1593 of March 2005 which referred the human rights situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The UK fully supports the ICC and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs discussed Sudan’s compliance with the ICC with ICC President Kirsch on 8 November 2007.

The UK continues to press the Government of Sudan, at all levels, to comply with the ICC requirements. We have raised Sudanese compliance with the ICC with partners who have influence over the Government of Sudan.