Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 29 November 2016.
Lord St John of Bletso
Crossbench
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the publication on 15 November of the Interim Report of the UN panel of experts on South Sudan, what measures are being taken to avert the threat of genocide in South Sudan.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Minister of State
We are deeply concerned by the ongoing violence in South Sudan and agree with the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide that the international community needs to act fast before genocide becomes a reality. Together with our regional and international partners, we continue to press both the government of South Sudan and the Opposition to show restraint and work to build peace through an inclusive political process. In parallel, as we have consistently made clear, we fully support a United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan and will continue to push for this in Security Council discussions in New York.
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