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<p> </p><p>The UK is a leading donor to the humanitarian response in South Sudan.
We have announced £82.5 million for support inside the country, and £12.5 million
for support to refugees. Improved access is critical to the effectiveness of the humanitarian
response. At the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on 20 May, the DFID Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State called on all parties to facilitate safe and speedy access. The FCO Minister
for Africa also raised this with senior Ministers when he visited Juba in April. UK
officials raise our concerns regularly with the parties in Juba and Addis Ababa.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is actively supporting work to help tackle the food
security crisis and cholera. We are providing £16 million of funding to the World
Food Programme (WFP) to help provide food aid or cash for around 160,000 people, and
£8.3 million to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to help provide livelihoods
support for 40,000 households. To help counter the growing cholera epidemic our support
through the United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF - £4 million) will include funding
for the UNICEF cholera response and for critical Water, Sanitation and Hygiene supplies.
We are also funding two technical experts in the World Health Organisation (WHO) who
are currently supporting the cholera response.</p><p> </p>
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