Nairobi A substantial part of the humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese population is delivered from Kenyan terriotory and many humanitarian organisations and southern opposition movements have offices in Nairobi. The Netherlands Embassy in Nairobi is entrusted with the task to advice on Humanitarian policies for South Sudan, to monitor assistance delivered to the Sudanese population in areas under control of the Southern opposition movements and to report on political developments with respect to Sudan. IGAD has negotioated a framework for negotiations, the Declaration of Principles.
Negotiations usually take place in Kenya.
Kenya is the chair of the IGAD-committe for the Sudan. A large group of contries supports IGAD in its effort to bring peace to the Sudan. The Netherlands held the chair of the predecessors of IPF, the Friends of IGAD, from its inception in 1995. The Netherlands is still a member of the core group of IPF, which consists of the Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. At the grass roots level, the New Sudan Council of Churches is facilitating peoples to peoples conference.