United Nations (EFE).- The UN Security Council addressed this Monday the escalation of the conflict in North Darfur (Sudan), whose capital the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR) is trying to take, and called on countries providing weapons to stop the flow, according to the United States ambassador.
The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said after the meeting that she has “credible reports” that the FAR have “imminent” plans to attack El Fasher, capital of North Darfur and the last bastion of the Army in the region, in which maintained that the population is “besieged.”
The diplomat noted that both parties in the conflict are receiving weapons and other resources to continue “destroying Sudan,” and assured that the members of the Security Council have addressed the issue with “the parties, and that includes colleagues from the UAE ( United Arab Emirates)”.
“Concern” for El Fasher
Asked what the UN decision-making body can do, Thomas-Greenfield said it has expressed “concern”, a term repeated in another intervention this afternoon by British Ambassador James Kariuki, who reiterated the need for an “international message ” set.
“We have made a strong request to all countries that are providing support to the warring parties to cease that support, and we will continue to pressure those countries,” the American added.
Kariuki gave a briefer statement in which he expressed the Council’s “concern” about the potential escalation in El Fasher and the impact on its population, some two million people plus half a million displaced people concentrated there.
The town of El Fasher “is on the precipice of a massacre,” warned Thomas Greenfield, while Kariuki pointed out the risk of famine due to the lack of humanitarian access given the “barriers” put in place by both parties, who were urged to return to the negotiation table in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).
