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STORY: UN / SUDAN
TRT: 06:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 12 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
12 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“The latest wave of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces in eastern Al-Gazira State has been marked by what non-governmental organizations have described as some of the most extreme violence in the last 18 months.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“We are receiving reports of horrific violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, including sexual violence committed predominantly against women and girls.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“We strongly condemn the Rapid Support Forces’ continued attacks against civilians. We also strongly condemn the Sudanese Armed Forces’ indiscriminate airstrikes in populated areas. We are appalled by the attacks against civilians perpetrated by forces affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces in the Khartoum area. Let me stress that both warring parties bear responsibility for this violence.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Coordination Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“Civilians continue to flee for their lives both within Sudan and across its borders, in what is now the world's largest displacement crisis. More than 11 million people have been displaced since April of last year – nearly 3 million of whom have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Coordination Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“A recent nutrition screening in Zamzam indicated worsening malnutrition, which is threatening the lives of thousands of children. About 34 per cent of the children are malnourished, including 10 per cent who are severely malnourished. And we are now seeing troubling indications that deepening food insecurity is spreading to other areas, with reports in recent weeks of particularly alarming levels of hunger in South Kordofan. I just cannot put strongly enough how serious this situation is.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Niemat Ahmadi, Founder and President of Darfur Women Action Group:
“Widespread rape and murderous violence have been carried out at an alarming rate by the RSF. In Al Jazeera, the last two weeks have witnessed unspeakable atrocities inflicted on civilians. The shocking accounts of locals confirm that the brutality of rape has sadly forced over 130 women in an unprecedented move to commit mass suicide as an escape from further sexual violence. This should not- and must not- be the reality in a world governed by international laws designed to protect civilians.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“We're convinced that the withdrawal of the RSF and the having a ceasefire is a key to ensuring due protection of Sudanese population. Any steps that would preempt this without the prior agreement for Sudan are not acceptable. We also deem at this point in time it's not acceptable to talk about a UN presence or that of African peacekeepers, as is rightly pointed out in the UN Secretary General's report on the protection of civilians in Sudan, conditions are not yet in place for this. We view such calls currently as populism.”
15. Wide shot, Security Council
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We commend the Sudanese authorities for opening the Adre border crossing in mid-August. This single route allowed aid organizations to bring enough food, health and nutrition supplies to serve more than 1.9 million people now Sudanese authorities must keep Adre border crossing open indefinitely. Millions of lives depend on we also commend Sudanese authorities for approving the humanitarian air operation in south part of this was a good first step. Now, authorities must streamline the flight approval process and ensure aid organizations can use the flights to move staff and supplies quickly and safely to areas of need.”
17. Wide shot, Security Council
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sudan:
“In terms of civilian protection, this is a priority for the government of Sudan under the conditions where the state is facing a war of aggression threatening its existence, launched by the terrorist RSF and their allies, the foreign mercenaries, with support, funding and provision of weapons as well as media and political support from very well-known countries in the region.”
19. Wide shot, end of Security Council
20. Wide shot, Lord Ray Collins of Highbury walks to the stakeout dais
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Lord Ray Collins of Highbury, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom:
“The United Kingdom has introduced the new United Nations Security Resolution to push the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces to protect civilians and show and allow safe passage of aid. The resolution will focus on developing a compliance mechanism for the warring parties’ commitments they made on the protections of civilians in Jeddah in 2023 and ways to support mediation efforts to deliver a ceasefire.”
22. Wide shot, Lord Ray Collins of Highbury leaves the stakeout dais
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, highlighted the alarming situation in Sudan, noting that non-governmental organizations have reported "some of the most extreme violence in the last 18 months,” and emphasized that "both warring parties bear responsibility for this violence."
Briefing the Security Council in New York City today (12 Nov) Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division at the United Nations OCHA, described the displacement crisis as the world's largest, with over 11 million people displaced since April of the previous year, nearly 3 million of whom have sought refuge in neighboring countries. He expressed deep concern over worsening malnutrition, particularly in Zamzam, where about 34 percent of children are malnourished, including 10 percent who are severely malnourished.
Niemat Ahmadi, Founder and President of the Darfur Women Action Group, reported that in Al Jazeera, over 130 women have committed mass suicide in an unprecedented move to escape further sexual violence. She stressed that "this should not—and must not—be the reality in a world governed by international laws designed to protect civilians."
Russian Deputy Permanent Representative, Anna Evstigneeva, asserted that the withdrawal of the RSF and the establishment of a ceasefire are key to ensuring the protection of the Sudanese population. She deemed any steps without prior agreement from Sudan as unacceptable and viewed current calls for a UN or African peacekeeping presence as populism.
U.S. Permanent Representative, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, commended Sudanese authorities for opening the Adre border crossing in mid-August, which allowed aid organizations to serve more than 1.9 million people. She urged that the crossing remain open indefinitely, stating that "millions of lives depend on it."
Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed, emphasized that civilian protection is a priority for the government amid the aggression by the "terrorist RSF and their allies," who receive support from well-known countries in the region.
Following the Security Council meeting, Ray Collins, the United Kingdom's Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, briefed reporters on a new resolution aimed at addressing the crisis in Sudan. He emphasized that the resolution focuses on developing a compliance mechanism for the warring parties' commitments made on the protection of civilians in Jeddah in 2023 and on supporting mediation efforts to deliver a ceasefire.
