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LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
04 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving to Sudan, I can tell you that we are gravely concerned by reports that civilians are fleeing the capital Khartoum due to violence and fears of extrajudicial killings, following the latest shifts in the effective control of the capital city. We stress that civilians must never be targeted. Our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that over the past week, some 5,000 displaced people, mostly from Khartoum have arrived in the locality of Jabrat El Sheikh, in North Kordofan state. And our humanitarian partners on the ground tell us these families urgently need food. They desperately need clean water, and also lack proper shelter and healthcare.Reports also indicate that others have fled Khartoum and other areas towards Um Dukhun, which is located in Central Darfur. We and our humanitarian partners are working to verify these reports. However, ongoing funding constraints have forced a scale-back of some of the data collection activities, causing delays in reporting new displacements and issuing early warning alerts.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Despite that, I can tell you that the latest movements are part of a broader trend of conflict-driven displacement impacting multiple regions in Sudan, including the Blue Nile and South Kordofan. Across Sudan, the overall situation remains complex and challenging, with civilians fleeing for their safety in some locations and trying to return home in other location, often to areas where basic services have been decimated by the conflict, and where also they face the risk of remnants of explosives and unexploded shells. OCHA is working to reach people in South Kordofan’s capital Kadugli by facilitating the dispatch of a humanitarian convoy carrying nutrition, health and water purification supplies. However, the convoy remains stalled in Al Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan - due to insecurity and bureaucratic impediments.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Furthermore, our Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, expressed his outrage yesterday over reports of escalating attacks against community kitchens and safe spaces run by volunteers in Sudan. Humanitarians must be protected and must be supported, he said. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we remind all parties that under international humanitarian law, they have a legal obligation to allow and facilitate rapid, unimpeded and impartial humanitarian relief for civilians in need, regardless of the location or the affiliation of these civilians.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room
The UN is “gravely concerned” by reports that civilians are fleeing Sudan’s capital Khartoum due to violence and fears of extrajudicial killings, following the latest shifts in the effective control of the capital city, said a UN Spokesperson.
Speaking to reporters today (04 Apr) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stressed, “civilians must never be targeted,” adding that “over the past week, some 5,000 displaced people, mostly from Khartoum have arrived in the locality of Jabrat El Sheikh, in North Kordofan state.”
Dujarric continued, “these families urgently need food. They desperately need clean water, and also lack proper shelter and healthcare.”
Reports also indicate that others have fled Khartoum and other areas towards Um Dukhun, which is located in Central Darfur, the Spokesperson said, adding that the UN and its humanitarian partners are working to “verify these reports. However, ongoing funding constraints have forced a scale-back of some of the data collection activities, causing delays in reporting new displacements and issuing early warning alerts.”
Dujarric also said, “the latest movements are part of a broader trend of conflict-driven displacement impacting multiple regions in Sudan, including the Blue Nile and South Kordofan.”
Across Sudan, the Spokesperson said, “the overall situation remains complex and challenging, with civilians fleeing for their safety in some locations and trying to return home in other location, often to areas where basic services have been decimated by the conflict, and where also they face the risk of remnants of explosives and unexploded shells.”
OCHA is working to reach people in South Kordofan’s capital Kadugli by “facilitating the dispatch of a humanitarian convoy carrying nutrition, health and water purification supplies. However, the convoy remains stalled in Al Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan - due to insecurity and bureaucratic impediments,” Dujarric added.
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, expressed his outrage on Thursday (03 Apr) over reports of escalating attacks against community kitchens and safe spaces run by volunteers in Sudan. Humanitarians must be protected and must be supported, he said.
Dujarric concluded, “At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we remind all parties that under international humanitarian law, they have a legal obligation to allow and facilitate rapid, unimpeded and impartial humanitarian relief for civilians in need, regardless of the location or the affiliation of these civilians.”
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