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The '''All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan''' (APPGSSS) was formed 'to influence the UK government's policy and practice by promoting the cause of peace, human rights, justice and development for all the people of Sudan and South Sudan across the political spectrum in Westminster and Whitehall.'<ref name="November">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/sudan-and-south-sudan.htm Sudan APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 18 November 2015</ref>

Until 2015, it was known as the '''Associate Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan'''. The group's previous website said: 
: '[the group] is an all-party political pressure group that seeks to influence the UK Government’s policy and practice by promoting the cause of peace, human rights, justice and development for all the peoples of Sudan and South Sudan across the political spectrum in Westminster and Whitehall.'<ref>[http://sudanapg.tumblr.com/ Sudan APPG Website (Old)], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 18 November 2015</ref> 

==Members==
===Officers, March-April 2016===
*Chair - [[Mark Durkan]] - [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
*Co-chair - Baroness [[Glenys Kinnock]] - [[Labour]]
*Co-chair - Lord [[David Chidgey]] - [[Liberal Democrats]]
*Vice-chair - [[Mark Pritchard]] - [[Conservative Party]]
*Vice-chair - Baroness [[Caroline Cox]] - Crossbench 
*Treasurer - Earl [[John Montagu]] - Crossbench 
*Secretary - Lord [[David Alton]] - Crossbench <ref name="Mar">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160316/sudan-and-south-sudan.htm Sudan & South Sudan APPG Register March 2016], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 27 April 2016</ref> <ref name="Feb">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160203/sudan-and-south-sudan.htm Sudan and South Sudan APPG, Feb16 Register], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 28 April 2016</ref> <ref name="April">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160428/sudan-and-south-sudan.htm Sudan and South Sudan APPG, Register 28 April 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 10 May 2016</ref> 

===Officers, November 2015===
*Chair - [[Mark Durkan]] - [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
*Vice-chair - [[Mark Pritchard]] - [[Conservative]]
*Vice-chair - Baroness [[Glenys Kinnock]] - [[Labour]]
*Vice-chair - Earl [[John Montagu]] - Crossbench 
*Vice-chair - Baroness [[Caroline Cox]] - Crossbench
*Vice-chair - Lord [[David Chidgey]] - [[Liberal Democrats]]
*Vice-chair - Lord [[David Alton]] - Crossbench<ref name="November"/>

==Secretariat==
The party has no secretariat; the parliamentary contact person is [[Rebecca Usden]]. 

'''Tel:''' 07866 479 629 

'''Email:''' usdenr@parliament.uk

===Financial benefits===
Registered benefits on 3 July 2015 showed that these organisations had paid the group: 
*[[Christian Aid]] - £5,000 
*[[Cafod]] - £2,500 <ref name="November"/>
*Registered benefits on 22 January 2016 showed [[CARE International]] had paid £2,000 to the group. <ref name="Mar"/><ref name="Feb"/>
*Registered benefits from March 2016 showed [[Cafod]] as having paid a further £3,000 and [[Christian Aid]] paid another £5,000. <ref name="April"/>

==Notes==
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[[Category: All-Party Parliamentary Group]][[Category: Sudan]]