UN Security Council urges Sudan’s warring parties to immediately cease hostilities
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN Security Council on Friday urged Sudan’s warring parties to immediately cease hostilities and establish a permanent ceasefire.
The 15-member council expressed deep concern over the continued clashes between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Council strongly condemned all attacks on the civilian population, UN and associated personnel and humanitarian actors, as well as civilian objects, medical personnel and facilities, and the looting of humanitarian aid.
Earlier, UN aid agency OCHA, said that it continues to receive reports that humanitarian assets and facilities in Sudan are being looted, despite the parties’ commitments.
The targeting of humanitarian assets is “outrageous” and must stop now, said UN aid chief Martin Griffiths.
The warehouses of the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) were ransacked in El Obeid and two offices of the UNHCR were looted in Khartoum, OCHA said in a statement.
The Council called on all parties to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access throughout Sudan.
It also reaffirmed its support to the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS).
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