The organisation does not have the funds to address the conflict and reveal the depth of the humanitarian crisis
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Human catastrophe: Thousands of women and children have fled to the Gorom refugee settlement near Juba city in South Sudan. The devastating conflict between rival security forces, which led the coup, over the spoils has become a nationwide war.
Without sufficient hands on deck, the international fact-finding mission will struggle to carry out meaningful investigations. This coincides with the lowest number of states paying their dues in full in the past five years. Underfunding means crucial decisions and agreed mandates cannot be implemented, undermining the work, values and purpose of the UN system as a whole.
The ambivalence we see towards the situation in Sudan contrasts sharply with the response to the conflict in Darfur, which began in 2003, and spurred robust a security council engagement, a Chapter VII peacekeeping mission, an arms embargo on Darfur , Sudan’s referral to the International Criminal Court and the African Union’s establishment of a high-level panel led by South Africa’s former president, Thabo Mbeki.
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