NEW YORK CITY: The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the safe temporary relocation of hundreds of UN crew and their dependents from Khartoum and other areas in Sudan on Monday.
The secretary-general’s deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said that the UN head appreciated the cooperation by all sides in the country to allow the operation to be carried out smoothly. He said that the UN chief reiterated the organization’s continued resolve to stand with and work for the Sudanese citizens in full support of their wishes for a secure, peaceful future and a return to the democratic transition.
He once again urged all parties to immediately end hostilities and allow civilians to leave locations hit by fighting, adding that the war between the factions could spiral out to the whole region and beyond.
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In the UN Security Council’s meeting on multilateralism on Monday, Guterres said that the situation in Sudan is worsening.
Over 400 people have been killed and nearly 4,000 wounded in ten days of fighting between forces loyal to 2 rival generals, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who are in charge of the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), respectively.
The UN chief said every effort must be done to pull Sudan back from the edge of destruction. His comments came after the United Nations said its head of mission Volker Perthes would remain in Sudan despite a mass evacuation of foreigners.
Guterres said that the UN was not leaving Sudan. The organization reconfigured its presence in the country to help the Sudanese people. –
