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<p>We remain deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, and have
recently announced a further £25 million of humanitarian assistance, making the UK
one of the largest donors to the response with total contributions of £150 million
this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK support has enabled humanitarian agencies
to provide essential assistance in both United Nations camps and ‘hard-to-reach’ areas.
Our assistance is providing more than 400,000 people with emergency food and/or livelihoods,
170,000 people with clean water, and 180,000 with improved hygiene and sanitation,
and will assist thousands more this year. The UK is also ensuring that its development
programmes contribute where possible, by maintaining health and education services
through local systems; and by building the resilience of households through livelihoods
programmes. We have also funded dozens of staff to key positions in the UN to assist
with coordination and planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This assistance has
helped to prevent deterioration of food security to famine levels. It has also helped
agencies deal with the recent cholera outbreak, and provided support to survivors
of sexual violence. However, we remain concerned about the humanitarian situation
moving into 2015, with the risk of famine still real if conflict continues. Security
and access remain major constraints to reaching those in need, especially in the hard-to-reach
areas. We continue to stress the important need for all parties to respect the cessation
of hostilities, and to allow unhampered access for humanitarian assistance.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage on the recommendations in the report
in our role as member of the Security Council and in discussions with UN Mission in
South Sudan (UNMISS), Governments of the region, the African Union and the Intergovernmental
Authority for Development (IGAD).</p><p> </p>
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