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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters (as seen from Long Island City)
08 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“On Sudan, the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan said in a new report which provides more evidence that atrocities committed by warring parties in the north African nation constitute distinct markers of genocide. The report states that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out brutal attacks against civilians, including mass killings, systematic abductions of women and girls, and mass gang rapes in El Fasher. The Fact-Finding Mission warned that similar patterns of violence and devastation are now emerging in El Obeid, where it is launching an urgent inquiry into alleged human rights violations and abuses, and that is following a resolution passed by the Human Rights Council earlier this week. The Fact-Finding Mission reiterated its calls for effective accountability including prompt cooperation with, and action by, the International Criminal Court. As civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict, the Fact-Finding Mission will continue its investigations and will report on the situation in and around El Obeid to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, as it is mandated to do.”
4. Wide shot, end of press briefing
A new report by the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan provides further evidence that atrocities committed by warring parties in the region constitute distinct markers of genocide, a UN spokesperson said.
Briefing reporters in New York today (8 Jul), Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric said the report found that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out brutal attacks against civilians, including mass killings, systematic abductions of women and girls, and mass gang rapes in El Fasher.
“The Fact-Finding Mission warned that similar patterns of violence and devastation are now emerging in El Obeid,” he said, adding that the Mission is launching an urgent inquiry into alleged human rights violations and abuses there, following a resolution passed by the Human Rights Council earlier this week.
The Fact-Finding Mission reiterated its calls for effective accountability, including prompt cooperation with, and action by, the International Criminal Court, the spokesperson said.
Dujarric concluded, “As civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict, the Fact-Finding Mission will continue its investigations and will report on the situation in and around El Obeid to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, as it is mandated to do.”
