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<br /><p>The UK is playing a leading role in the humanitarian response to the current
instability in South Sudan. Through the Common Humanitarian Fund, the UK is financing
emergency health and education provision for internally displaced persons and returning
refugees, together with UN, US and Norway. We continue to monitor the situation closely
and alongside our humanitarian support, we are playing an active role in the ongoing
peace negotiations.</p><br /><p>In terms of our non-humanitarian health and education
development programmes, these continue to operate in both the stable and conflict
affected states of South Sudan. DFID is providing essential drugs, health worker salaries,
and support for girls to complete secondary education as well as a range of other
development programmes including skills training for out of school youth, and cash
for public works and agricultural production.</p><br /><p>Regular dialogue and provision
of technical assistance by DFID and other partners has resulted in the South Sudan
government providing operational transfers to counties and grants to primary schools
and healthcare centres in their 2015/16 budget, largely financed through oil revenues.
Through an IMF Trust Fund, the UK, EU and Norway are helping the government to strengthen
oil sector transparency, while UK supports South Sudan Customs Department to collect
non-oil revenues.</p>
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