Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross

10:00 am

Mr. Franz Rauchenstein:

My message would be to support the peace process as far as possible. Through the country's footprint on the ground, we ask that the embassy encourage the authorities to respect the basic rules of humanitarian law. What is of the utmost importance for the next month is that humanitarian actors get access to the difficult areas where civilians are trapped. Any support in that regard is very beneficial.