UN (AP) – The UN Security Council on Wednesday said Sudan’s paramilitary group To establish rival governments in the areas it manages, warning that the move will threaten the territorial integrity of the country, further exacerbating the ongoing risks civil war.
The UN’s most powerful body-based statement “clearly reaffirmed” Sudan’s unwavering commitment to sovereignty, independence and unity. Measures to undermine these principles “threate not only the future of Sudan, but also the peace and stability of the wider region,” the statement said.
The 15-member council also said the announcement by paramilitary swift supporters “splitting the country and already worsening.” A tragic humanitarian situation. ”
Sudan entered into conflict in mid-April 2023. This plunged in as long-standing tensions between military and paramilitary leaders broke out in Hartzm, the capital, spreading to other regions, including western Darfur. According to UN agencies, around 40,000 people have been killed, around 13 million people have been displaced, and many have been forced onto the brink of hunger.
The RSF and its allies announced in late June that they had formed parallel governments in areas controlled by the group, mainly in the vast Darfur region where they are mostly suspected. War crimes and crimes against humanity Under investigation.
Deputy Prosecutor of International Criminal Court Last month, the court said it believed war crimes and crimes against humanity were being committed in Darfur. Elfasher in North Darfur.
The Security Council reiterated that its priorities are to resume consultations between the parties to reach a permanent ceasefire and lay conditions for a political settlement of the war, beginning with a private-led transition that leads to a democratically elected central government.
Council members recalled a resolution adopted last year by the RSF, demanding that the siege of Elfasher be lifted. They expressed “serious concern” in reports of new RSF attacks in besieged cities.
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that hunger was declared a year ago. Sam Sam Displacement Camp In North Darfur. The risk of hunger has since spread to 17 regions Darfur and Cordofan areaadjacent to the west of North Darfur and Khartoum, he said.
The UN World Food Programme is seeking access to Elfasher to provide assistance to those facing starvation, Dujaric said.
“As a coping mechanism, some residents of the area are reportedly surviving with animal feed and food waste,” Dujarric said.
WFP offers digital cash to around 250,000 people on EL-Fasher to buy the declined foods remaining in the market, but expanding support is essential as escalates hunger.
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry denounced the United Arab Emirates last month Send Colombian mercenaries To fight alongside the RSF, the government said it had “unrefutable evidence” that fighter jets from Colombia and some of its neighbors were sponsored and funded by Emirati authorities.
The UAE’s Foreign Ministry said the government would “decisively reject” the allegations and refuse to engage in the war by supporting armed groups.
Without naming the country, the Security Council urged all countries to “absorb the external interference that promotes conflict and instability” and supported peace efforts.
The Security Council also condemned the recent attacks in Kordofan, which caused many civilian casualties.
