IRRI Submits Evidence on UK and International Engagement with South Sudan
Published: 3 Jul 2014
IRRI Submits Evidence on UK and International Engagement with South Sudan
IRRI Submits Evidence on UK and International Engagement with South Sudan
On 3 July 2014 IRRI submitted a statement to the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan in response to a call for written evidence into “UK and International Engagement with South Sudan 2011-2014”. While mindful of the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan that unequivocally deserves the attention of the international community, our intervention urges the UK government to ensure that it maintains its focus on the crucial demands of state-building in the world’s newest state.
As the statement argues, if there is only an emergency response to the current situation without sufficient attention being paid to longer-term reconstruction, cycles of violence and displacement will remain unbroken and humanitarian assistance will be palliative.