25 MFómh 2012, 17:33
Trócaire and Médicins Sans Frontieres will brief the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade on the humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan and South Sudan at its meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, 26th September.
Committee Chairman, Pat Breen TD said: “Our Committee is deeply concerned at the increasing tensions between and within Sudan and South Sudan, particularly the conflict in South Kordofan and the situation in the Nuba Mountains.
Ireland’s response to the deteriorating situation and the humanitarian crisis in the region has been acknowledged as one of the more committed. However, greater action and financial assistance is required from the international community. At our meeting tomorrow with representatives from Trócaire and Médicins Sans Frontieres, we will be able to get an up to date assessment of the nature of the crisis and establish what extra measures Ireland and Europe could take to help avert a catastrophe.”
This meeting will start in Committee Room 1, Leinster House at 2.30pm on Wednesday, 26th September 2012.
Committee proceedings can be followed live at:
For further information please contact:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551
Committee Membership
Pat Breen, TD (Chairman)
Eric Byrne, TD
Olivia Mitchell, TD
Bernard J Durkan, TD
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, TD
Gerald Nash, TD
Dan Neville, TD
Maureen O’Sullivan, TD
Brendan Smith, TD
Senators
Deirdre Clune,
Mark Daly,
Lorraine Higgins,
Michael Mullins,
David Norris,
Jim Walsh.