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STORY: UN / GAZA OPT UPDATE
TRT: 02:57
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 MAY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
01 MAY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Sudan and the worsening humanitarian situation there. Our humanitarian colleagues are warning that the crisis there is deepening, as sustained fighting, ongoing displacement and rising health emergencies continue to fuel humanitarian needs. In North Darfur state, artillery shelling continues to impact residential areas of El Fasher and the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people. Local sources report daily civilian casualties, and recent days have seen an intensification of bombardments at night. In South Kordofan state, the International Organization for Migration reported last week that about 2,800 people, primarily women and children, fled renewed fighting in the town of Dibebad. They are now scattered across the locality of Al Quoz in South Kordofan, as well as other localities in neighbouring West Kordofan, with limited access to basic protection and services. The situation in the state capital, Kadugli, has also very seriously deteriorated in recent weeks, with intense shelling and humanitarian access largely cut off. In Northern state, authorities report that about 6,000 people who fled from North Darfur, Khartoum and West Kordofan states, due to insecurity, arrived in Dabbah locality in the Northern State between May 12th and 22nd. Meanwhile, the cholera outbreak in Khartoum state is worsening at an alarming rate we are told. Our humanitarian partners in the state report an 80 percent increase in suspected cases over the past two weeks, bringing the total number of cases to more than 8,500. The World Health Organization has supported the delivery of medical supplies to some hospitals in Khartoum, but much more is needed to contain the outbreak. In addition, a recent inter-agency assessment by our partners and ourselves found high rates of acute respiratory infections, malaria and skin conditions among these returnees. The lack of mosquito nets, the lack of proper shelter, the lack of water, the lack of sanitation and the lack of hygiene facilities is significantly increasing the risk of disease outbreaks. With the approach of the rainy season, which typically runs from June to September, we and our partners are racing to preposition aid. We have established storage facilities with a combined capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes in Geneina, in Nyala and in Tawila in Darfur to support operations in the Kordofan and Darfur regions. West and Central Darfur states will be served via cross-border operations from Chad. Amidst all this, our humanitarian partners on the ground report that access to education remains severely constrained in North Darfur. Since the conflict began in April 2023, some 250,000 children have lost access to learning – that’s a quarter of a million kids. As of last month, our partners in the state had only reached 14 per cent of the children targeted for education support, due to insecurity, access challenges and critical funding shortfalls. Across Sudan, millions of children have been cut off from formal education. We once again call for increased, flexible and timely funding to scale-up the humanitarian response, as well as unimpeded access via all necessary routes, so that aid workers can reach people in need wherever they may be.”
5. Wide shot, journalists
6. Wide shot, end of briefing
United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, today (27 May) told journalists in New York that the humanitarian situation in Sudan is “deepening, as sustained fighting, ongoing displacement and rising health emergencies continue to fuel humanitarian needs.”
Dujarric said, “in North Darfur state, artillery shelling continues to impact residential areas of El Fasher and the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people” with “daily civilian casualties” and “an intensification of bombardments at night.”
In South Kordofan state, he said, “about 2,800 people, primarily women and children, fled renewed fighting in the town of Dibebad” and “are now scattered across the locality of Al Quoz in South Kordofan, as well as other localities in neighbouring West Kordofan, with limited access to basic protection and services.”
The state capital, Kadugli, Dujarric continued, “has also very seriously deteriorated in recent weeks, with intense shelling and humanitarian access largely cut off,” while in Northern state, “authorities report that about 6,000 people who fled from North Darfur, Khartoum and West Kordofan states, due to insecurity, arrived in Dabbah locality in the Northern State between May 12th and 22nd.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperson said, a cholera outbreak in Khartoum state “is worsening at an alarming rate” with a reported “80 percent increase in suspected cases over the past two weeks, bringing the total number of cases to more than 8,500.”
The World Health Organization (WHO), he said, “has supported the delivery of medical supplies to some hospitals in Khartoum, but much more is needed to contain the outbreak.”
With the approach of the rainy season, Dujarric said, the UN and partners “are racing to preposition aid” and “have established storage facilities with a combined capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes in Geneina, in Nyala and in Tawila in Darfur to support operations in the Kordofan and Darfur regions.”
West and Central Darfur states, he continued, “will be served via cross-border operations from Chad.”
Dujarric said, “access to education remains severely constrained in North Darfur” and noted that “since the conflict began in April 2023, some 250,000 children have lost access to learning – that’s a quarter of a million kids.”
Across Sudan, he said, “millions of children have been cut off from formal education” and called for “increased, flexible and timely funding to scale-up the humanitarian response, as well as unimpeded access via all necessary routes, so that aid workers can reach people in need wherever they may be.”
