In the face of the humanitarian crisis in the country, forms of cooperation and reinforcement of the aid to the affected population were discussed
The international community warned of the risk of a Sudan division and defended greater civil society involvement in the conflict resolution, in a statement issued after a conference held in London on Tuesday.
“The priority must be to obtain an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the end of the conflict. Participants will proactively support efforts to find a peaceful solution and reject all activities, including external interference, increasing tensions or prolonging or allowing fighting,” reads in the text.
Participants stressed the “need to avoid any division of Sudan” and “rejected all plans, including the announcement of parallel governments, who endanger the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sudan and may compromise the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people.”
In the statement, they defended the transition to a government led by civilians.
“It must be the Sudanese people – in the broader and more representative sense – to articulate and decide the political future of their country,” they bindered.
Given the humanitarian crisis in the country, forms of cooperation and reinforcement of the aid to the affected population have been discussed, and participants appealed to “fast, safe and obstacle to all the needy zones through all necessary pathways.”
“Recognizing the urgency and dimension of the humanitarian crisis, including the impact of 3.8 million refugees and returned Sudanese in neighboring states, participants have reiterated their appeal to belligerent parties to take concrete and immediate measures to respect international humanitarian law,” he says.
The parties also have “raise all obstacles” to supplies and humanitarian workers and respecting the “neutral and savior character of humanitarian assistance.”
The conference was coorganized by the United Kingdom, African Union (UA), European Union (EU), France and Germany and was also attended by ministers from Foreign Affairs or representatives of Canada, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia Kingdom, Norway, Qatar, South Southern, Turkey, United Arabs, United States, States United, from the Arab States League (Lea) and the United Nations (UN).
Given the dimension of the humanitarian crisis, eight participants (United Kingdom, USA, EU, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Canada and Switzerland) pledged to make more than 813 million pounds (951 million euros) of financing to Sudan and neighboring countries this year.
The war in Sudan between the Fast Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) began on April 15, 2023.
In the last two years, it has killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than 12 million to flee their homes and nearly four million to seek refuge in neighboring countries.
According to United Nations (UN) data, cited in a statement, 60% of the country’s 50 million inhabitants – about 30 million – need humanitarian assistance and people are facing simultaneous sanitary crises and limited access to public health care.
