Friday, the UN Security advice Heard briefings that give to think of Martha Ama Akya Pobe, UN deputy secretary general for Africa, and Shayna Lewis, Sudan specialist and main advisor to prevent and end the mass atrocities (PAEMA), an organization based in the United States.
Ms. Pobee stressed that the front lines continue to move while the RSF and the SAF continue with their military objectives, warning: “The parties at war seem implacable in their determination to pursue the military objectives.”
It noted the growing use of advanced weapons, including long -range drones, which have widened violence in previously stable areas.
Martha AMA AKYAA POBEE, general deputy secretary for Africa in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs and Peace and Peace Operations, informs the meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Sudan.
Ms. Pobee also warned that the conflict spread further in the region, citing recent reports of violent clashes in the tri-frontraire zone between Sudan, Libya and Egypt, involving the SAF, the RSF and the forces affiliated to the Libyan national army.
Human rights violations
Ms. Pobee also referred to the reports of United Nations Human Rights documenting a tripling of arbitrary civil murders between February and April this year.
“The rooted impunity feeds these violations and abuses and other brutal human rights. All parties to the conflict must be held responsible, ”she said.
Ms. Lewis’ briefing focused on worsening the humanitarian situation, highlighting the more than 15 million children who now need help due to the attacks on civilians.
Shayna Lewis, senior advisor and Sudan specialist to warn and put an end to mass atrocities (PAEMA), addresses the meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Sudan.
Back from a recent visit to Sudan, she shared children’s accounts seriously injured in hospitals and stressed that up to 80% of health establishments in conflict areas no longer work.
She also cited examples of blind attacks against hospitals by the SAF and the RSF, including an alleged SAF drone strike on June 21 which hit a hospital in West Kordofan, killing more than 40 people and destroying critical rescue equipment.
Ms. Lewis and Ms. Pobee took the alarm in the face of the generalized use of sexual and sexual violence by the parties at war against women and girls through Sudan.
Government of Hope
Despite current violence and human rights violations, Pobee stressed the importance of the new “government of hope”.
On May 31, a new interim prime minister was inaugurated, announcing reform plans and immediately appointing a professional technocrats’ firm.
Ms. Pobee also recognized the efforts of the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General to Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, who got involved with the Prime Minister, the civil groups and the parties at war.
Thanks to this crucial communication, the personal envoy helps these stakeholders work towards an inclusive political resolution.
“I urge this advice – again – to unite to provide total support for the efforts of the personal envoy Lamamra and to use its influence with the parties and their external donors to put pressure on a real commitment in terms of dialogue and de -escalation,” said Pobe.
The ambassadors also heard a briefing by the president of the Sudan sanctions committee, established by the Council under Resolution 1591 (2005)on the work of the committee. After the open briefing, the council held closed consultations during which the personal envoy Lamamra also informed the members.
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