Press Release - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.
Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin , Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor marking one year since the onset of civil war in Sudan , and calling on the United States and our international partners to ramp up humanitarian assistance for war-affected Sudan ese and for impacted populations in surrounding countries.
According to the United Nations, more than 15,000 people have been reported killed, with an additional 10,000 to 15,000 in one town in Darfur alone. 8 million people have fled their homes. 25 million—including 14 million children—need humanitarian assistance, very basic materials like food, water, medicine, and clothing. The President of Doctors Without Borders has said"Sudan is one of the worst crises the world has seen for decades.
And we need all to do more. I am pleased that when the Senate passed the security funding supplemental, it included more than $9 billion in additional humanitarian aid. Part of that humanitarian aid would go to help the people of Sudan. Russia is relentlessly bombing and destroying Ukraine's oil and gas energy sector. Ukraine is running out of ammunition. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said,"Ukraine's survival is in danger." Any delay in supplemental funding means the security situation gets worse, just as the humanitarian situation gets worse.
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