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The United Nations called on the international community to urgently step up efforts to end Sudan’s war, saying it had documented serious human rights violations in Sudan during a three-week mission to neighboring Chad.
A UN news release on Tuesday said the fact-finding mission visited Chad from June 30 to July 18. The mission met with victims and survivors of the conflict as well as members of Sudanese civil society, the diplomatic corps and the UN country team.
The statement explained that the observation mission went to eastern Chad, including Adré, Falciana and Abesh.
“While the Mission acknowledges the tremendous efforts of the Chadian authorities, United Nations entities and other humanitarian frontline responders, it is clear that needs outstrip available support.
“This crisis requires the support of the entire international community,” the statement quoted Mohammad Chand Osman, chairman of the fact-finding mission, as saying.
Osman further stated: “More financial and other assistance is urgently needed from UN entities and humanitarian groups to ensure Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees have access to basic facilities, including nutrition, hygiene needs, health care and education.”
The UN mission also called on the international community to increase humanitarian assistance to Chad’s refugee-hosting communities, noting that these communities are under great pressure. The UN statement said that the Chadian border town of Adre alone is hosting more than 200,000 Sudanese refugees, at least five times its original size.
The mission also heard views on what can and should be done to break the cycle of violence and to ensure that those involved in atrocities are held accountable.
Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed thousands since it broke out in mid-April last year. More than 26 million people are in urgent need of aid and are experiencing food shortages. According to the United Nations, more than 10 million civilians are internally displaced and more than 2 million refugees have fled the country. More than 600,000 of them have ended up in Chad.
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