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:

As I stated, the humanitarian action is underfunded because there are other priorities and it is a protracted conflict. Nobody knows when we will see the exact end. This is also about saving lives. Although the conflict might be protracted, every contribution is very helpful and necessary.

In the peace agreement, there are no sanctions foreseen for not respecting or meeting deadlines but there is a wider frame of possible UN sanctions that might be decreed or voted, should some of the parties not abide by the peace agreement. There are no direct sanctions. What was the first question?