Overview

• The joint statement by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, the United Nations and the African Union calls for temporary halts to fighting to enable relief operations.
• The appeal singles out North Darfur and Kordofan for de-escalation and secure access to reach communities cut off from supplies.
• Signatories urge protected routes for aid convoys and safe exit for civilians from danger zones, and they press both sides to honor May 2023 commitments on civilian protection.
• The UN describes Sudan as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with more than 12 million people displaced and roughly 25 million lacking sufficient food, according to the World Food Programme.
• Reporting notes accusations that the UAE has supplied the RSF and that Saudi Arabia has aided the Sudanese army, allegations denied by the UAE and cited by UN experts and other sources.