MADRID 13 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Assistant Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, blamed this Tuesday both the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the violence that has devastated the African country since the outbreak of the conflict ago. already more than 18 months.
“Let me emphasize that both warring parties are responsible for this violence,” he declared, referring to reports received of “horrible human rights violations, including sexual violence against women and girls” in Sudan.
DiCarlo spoke these words during his appearance this Tuesday before the United Nations Security Council, in which he warned that both the Sudanese Army and the RSF “seem convinced that they can prevail on the battlefield.”
Despite this, the senior UN official has indicated, the two sides are intensifying their military operations and attacks and recruiting new combatants.
In his speech, he took the opportunity to condemn the “continuous” attacks by paramilitary forces against civilians as well as the “indiscriminate” air attacks by official Sudanese troops in populated areas, including Khartoum.
DiCaprio has also accused the “sponsors” of the warring parties of this violence, who are “allowing this slaughter” with their support, including a “constant flow of weapons” into the country.
“To put it bluntly, certain supposed allies of the parties are allowing the killing in Sudan. This is inconceivable, it is illegal and it must end,” he said.
In the face of “incessant” violence, he praised the efforts of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), among other actors, to reestablish an “inclusive political dialogue” in Sudan.
Along these lines, DiCaprio has applauded the fact that a next round of “proximity talks” will be held in Sudan and the region, encouraged by the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General in the African country, Ramtane Lamamra, in the interest of “advance the protection of civilians.”
The United Nations has reiterated its call for an immediate ceasefire, access for humanitarian aid and the resumption of efforts for a negotiated solution, in the face of “alarming levels of violations, food insecurity and displacement.”
In addition to DiCaprio, the Director of Coordination of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham appeared before the Security Council, who warned that “there are no signs of truce” for the Sudanese people, and the founder and president of the Darfur Women’s Action Group, Niemat Ahmadi, to warn of the “scorched earth tactics” deployed by the paramilitaries in El Fasher and Gezira and the “real risk of genocide” in these areas.
“I address you with agony and urgency,” he declared, before alluding to reports of mass murders, indiscriminate bombings of civilians and the “shocking” testimonies of more than 130 women who committed suicide “en masse” to escape from more sexual violence.
The war that broke out in Sudan between the Army and the RSF in April 2023 has caused more than three million people to cross the border into neighboring countries, according to a new count published last week by the United Nations Agency for Humanitarian Affairs. Refugees (UNHCR) who would join the eleven million internally displaced people in Sudanese territory -8.8 million corresponding to the last 19 months-.
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