Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to secure transparency and accountability regarding civilians missing from El Fasher since October 2025.

I refer the Hon Member to the response provided on 3 June to Question 4531 about the NAHA directives, and also to the speech and accompanying statement made by the Foreign Secretary to the UN Security Council about the UN Fact-Finding Mission on 19 February, links to which can be found below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretarys-statement-on-the-un-fact-finding-mission-report-on-el-fasher

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/let-this-be-the-time-that-the-world-comes-together-to-end-the-cycle-of-bloodshed-in-sudan-uk-statement-at-the-un-security-council