The trilateral mechanist comprised of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union (AU), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), have reiterated the importance of having a humanitarian pause in fighting, urging the leadership of both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to adhere to it today, including ensuring that this decision is well communicated throughout their ranks. A daily humanitarian ceasefire was announced on Sunday a
The trilateral mechanist comprised of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan , African Union , Intergovernmental Authority on Development , have reiterated the importance of having a humanitarian pause in fighting, urging the leadership of both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to adhere to it today, including ensuring that this decision is well communicated throughout their ranks.
In a press briefing yesterday, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said that the UN has been forced to temporarily halt much of its programming due to the fighting, ponting out that 10 UN agencies and more than 80 NGOs have been running more than 250 programmes in the country. The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, said he is horrified by the deaths of humanitarian workers, including three World Food Programme staff members. He is also disturbed by reports of large-scale looting of aid and damage to humanitarian facilities.
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