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The draft expresses grave concern over the spreading violence and the catastrophic and deteriorating humanitarian situation, including crisis levels of acute food insecurity, particularly in Darfur. With Ramadan expected to begin soon, the council is expected to vote quickly on the resolution.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire in war-torn Sudan during the holy month of Ramadan, warning that the country’s humanitarian crisis is reaching “colossal proportions”. Britain has circulated a draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wrecked Sudan ahead of Ramadan.
The draft expresses grave concern over the spreading violence and the catastrophic and deteriorating humanitarian situation, including crisis levels of acute food insecurity, particularly in Darfur. With Ramadan expected to begin soon, the council is expected to vote quickly on the resolution.
Sudan plunged into chaos last April when long-simmering tensions between its military led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commanded by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo broke out into street battles in the capital, Khartoum. Fighting spread to other parts of the country, especially urban areas. In Sudan’s western Darfur region, it took on a different form, with brutal attacks by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces on ethnic African civilians. Thousands of people have been killed.
Two decades ago, Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war crimes, particularly by the notorious Janjaweed Arab militias against populations that identify as Central or East African. The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in late January there are grounds to believe both sides in the current conflict are committing possible war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide in Darfur.
The latest draft on a Sudan cease-fire was circulated by the head of the U.N. food agency. It warned that the Sudan conflict risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis as global attention is focused on the Israel-Hamas war. The proposed U.N. resolution calls on all parties to remove obstructions and allow full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access including across Sudan’s borders and conflict lines.
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The draft also urges strengthened coordination of several regional and international efforts “to facilitate an end to the conflict and to restore a lasting inclusive civilian-led democratic transition.
