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<p>Overall, the UK has committed £132.5m to the crisis in South Sudan and a further
£58.9 million for South Sudanese refugees in the region, making it the second largest
bilateral donor after the US. The UK has been an early responder since the start of
the crisis in South Sudan, mobilising resources within days of the onset of conflict,
and committing resources to the food security response early on to help avert famine
in 2014. In response to the 2015 UN Appeal the UK has already allocated over £20 million.
Additionally the UK disbursed almost £30 million in December 2014. The timely disbursement
of these contributions was to take advantage of the 2015 dry season window; enabling
partners to pre-position vital supplies and achieve cost effective transportation
allowing more lives to be saved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 9<sup>th</sup> February
2015, at a joint UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Intergovernmental
Authority on Development High-Level Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan
the UK strongly lobbied other donors to commit early funding in 2015 to the protracted
humanitarian crisis and called on the Government of South Sudan to contribute more
resources towards meeting the vast humanitarian needs of their people, facilitating
unhindered humanitarian access and increasing support for basic services. At the conference,
$618 million was pledged to support the 2015 humanitarian response in South Sudan.</p><p>
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