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TRT: 01:35
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
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17 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“And just to give you a bit more of a dive in the rather depressing humanitarian situation in Sudan which remains extremely worrying, we are especially deeply concerned about the impact of violence on civilians in and around the Zamzam displacement camp in Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. Following the escalation of hostilities in Zamzam over the past week, about 5,500 people were displaced and sought safety and shelter in Shamal Jabal Marrah locality in Central Darfur.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“There were also reports of others seeking to leave the area being prevented from doing so, due to the intensity of the fighting and key exit routes being blocked. As you recall, Zamzam is one of the areas in Sudan where we have seen famine.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This brings the total number of newly displaced people in Shamal Jabal Marrah to more than 120,000, as reported by our colleagues at the International Organization for Migration. Aid agencies have provided food assistance to about 93,000 of them, and some 53,000 people have received emergency shelter and other supplies.”
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The humanitarian situation in Sudan remains “extremely worrying,” a spokesperson said.
Addressing the press today (17 Feb), Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said, “We are especially deeply concerned about the impact of violence on civilians in and around the Zamzam displacement camp in Al Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. Following the escalation of hostilities in Zamzam over the past week, about 5,500 people were displaced and sought safety and shelter in Shamal Jabal Marrah locality in Central Darfur.”
He added, “There were also reports of others seeking to leave the area being prevented from doing so, due to the intensity of the fighting and key exit routes being blocked. As you recall, Zamzam is one of the areas in Sudan where we have seen famine.”
He concluded, “This brings the total number of newly displaced people in Shamal Jabal Marrah to more than 120,000, as reported by our colleagues at the International Organization for Migration. Aid agencies have provided food assistance to about 93,000 of them, and some 53,000 people have received emergency shelter and other supplies.”
