Deployment of Mission to Protect Civilians Can't Wait
to the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlines steps member states should take to protect Sudan 's civilians and press the Rapid Support Forces , and their rivals, the Sudan ese Armed Forces , to stop committing atrocities. Security Council members are scheduled to discuss the report on October 28.
The recent escalation of fighting in Sudan's capital Khartoum and El Gezira state is again placing civilians at massive risk of deliberate attacks and of death and injury fromGuterres urges greater support to local responders and international investigations, and cutting off arms flows to the warring parties. Human Rights Watch recently found that both parties.
Unfortunately, Guterres' report goes on to state that conditions don't exist for successfully deploying a UN force. But waiting for ceasefire negotiations to bear fruit or ideal conditions for deploying a mission isn't an option. Civilians need protection now.
The Security Council should also immediately expand the existing UN arms embargo on Darfur to cover the entire country, impose sanctions on those responsible for atrocities, and make clear they will be held to account.). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material,, representing a diversity of positions on every topic.
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