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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 4 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
4 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Sudan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that despite the extremely dangerous operating environment, we and our partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance wherever access permits. In Tawila, which is hosting hundreds of thousands of people who fled attacks in and around El Fasher, UNICEF reports that our humanitarian partners have recently reached more than 12,000 people who recently arrived there with safe water, while chlorination activities at 10 public water stations now serve 45,000 people daily. Given the huge scale of needs and severe funding shortfalls, we urge donors to step up their support for the humanitarian response urgently.”
4. Cutaway, presser
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This aid comes at a critical time. According to the Famine Review Committee (FRC), famine conditions are occurring in El Fasher in North Darfur and Kadugli in South Kordofan – towns largely cut off by conflict from commercial supplies and humanitarian assistance. The Food and Agriculture Organization, WFP and UNICEF say that across all critically affected regions, the drivers of hunger are clear: conflict, displacement and blocked humanitarian access.
6. Cutaway, presser
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Tawila, mobile health and nutrition clinics continue to provide services for new arrivals, including screening children under 5 for malnutrition and admitting severe cases to outpatient therapeutic programmes. We and our partners are scaling up therapeutic feeding and vitamin supplementation programmes, while efforts continue to ensure safe deliveries and emergency care for pregnant women through mobile clinics.”
8. Cutaway, presser
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Meanwhile, OCHA warns that violence continues to intensify across North Darfur State. On Sunday, multiple air and drone strikes were reported across the areas of El Fasher, Tina and Wana Mountain. Local sources continue to report civilian casualties, but these remain unverified due to limited access and the difficulty of communicating with people in the affected areas.”
10. Cutaway, presser
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Yesterday, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, condemned continued attacks on healthcare in Sudan, after the Kernoi Pediatric and Maternity Hospital in North Darfur was struck, resulting in at least four deaths – including children – and three injuries. He stressed that such attacks on healthcare must stop everywhere. The security situation in the Kordofan region continues to worsen. Local sources report that at least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured yesterday in an attack on a funeral gathering in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State. Once again, we call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for all parties to protect civilians and respect international humanitarian law. We also urge all sides to ensure safe and unimpeded passage for humanitarian workers and relief supplies to reach all people in need.”
12. Cutaway, presser
Briefing reporters on Sudan, a UN spokesperson said that “despite the extremely dangerous operating environment, we and our partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance wherever access permits.”
Speaking today (4 Nov) in New York, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said that in Tawila, which is hosting hundreds of thousands of people who fled attacks in and around El Fasher, UNICEF reported that “our humanitarian partners have recently reached more than 12,000 people who recently arrived there with safe water, while chlorination activities at 10 public water stations now serve 45,000 people daily. Given the huge scale of needs and severe funding shortfalls, we urge donors to step up their support for the humanitarian response urgently.”
He noted that this aid “comes at a critical time.” According to the Famine Review Committee (FRC), famine conditions are occurring in El Fasher in North Darfur and Kadugli in South Kordofan – towns largely cut off by conflict from commercial supplies and humanitarian assistance.
The Food and Agriculture Organization, WFP and UNICEF said that across all critically affected regions, the drivers of hunger are clear: conflict, displacement and blocked humanitarian access.
Haq noted that in Tawila, mobile health and nutrition clinics continue to provide services for new arrivals, including screening children under 5 for malnutrition and admitting severe cases to outpatient therapeutic programmes. He added, “We and our partners are scaling up therapeutic feeding and vitamin supplementation programmes, while efforts continue to ensure safe deliveries and emergency care for pregnant women through mobile clinics.”
Meanwhile, OCHA warned that violence continued to intensify across North Darfur State. On Sunday, multiple air and drone strikes were reported across the areas of El Fasher, Tina and Wana Mountain.
Local sources continue to report civilian casualties, but these remain unverified due to limited access and the difficulty of communicating with people in the affected areas.
Yesterday, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, condemned continued attacks on healthcare in Sudan, after the Kernoi Pediatric and Maternity Hospital in North Darfur was struck, resulting in at least four deaths – including children – and three injuries. He stressed that such attacks on healthcare must stop everywhere.
The spokesperson also said the security situation in the Kordofan region “continues to worsen,” adding that local sources reported that at least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured yesterday in an attack on a funeral gathering in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State.
Haq reiterated, “Once again, we call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for all parties to protect civilians and respect international humanitarian law. We also urge all sides to ensure safe and unimpeded passage for humanitarian workers and relief supplies to reach all people in need.”
