UAE Statement on Anniversary of the Conflict in Sudan Attributed to Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs

Tue 15/4/2025
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As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, the United Arab Emirates issues an urgent call for peace. The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Sudan is among the world’s most severe: over 30 million people are in need of urgent assistance, famine is spreading, and aid is being deliberately blocked.
 
Atrocities continue to be committed by both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The SAF’s continued offensives - marked by starvation tactics, indiscriminate bombardment of populated areas, reprisals against civilians, including emergency response room workers, and the reported use of chemical weapons - have inflicted unimaginable suffering on a civilian population already on the brink of collapse. The UAE condemns these atrocities unequivocally and calls for accountability. The UAE also strongly condemns recent attacks on civilians in Darfur, including the brutal assaults on the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps near El Fasher, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries. All parties to the conflict must halt the deliberate targeting of humanitarian workers and the indiscriminate shelling of schools, markets, and hospitals.
 
In this moment of immense suffering, the UAE calls for immediate action on three fronts:
1. A ceasefire and political process:
The guns must fall silent. The UAE urges both the SAF and RSF to agree to an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire and come to the negotiating table in good faith. There can be no military solution—only a political one that reflects the will of the Sudanese people.
2. Unhindered humanitarian access:
The obstruction of aid is unconscionable and the weaponization of humanitarian aid and food supplies is a condemned act. Both parties must allow immediate, safe, and urgent access for humanitarian organizations to reach those in desperate need across Sudan. The UAE calls on the UN to prevent warring parties from using humanitarian aid for military or political purposes. The lives of millions of civilians depend on it.
3. International pressure:
The international community must act urgently to facilitate a political process, increase humanitarian assistance, and exert coordinated pressure on all actors fuelling the conflict. We call for a transition to a civilian-led and independent government—the only form of leadership that can legitimately represent the people of Sudan and lay the foundation for lasting peace. The world cannot allow Sudan to spiral further into chaos, extremism, and fragmentation.
Since the outbreak of the conflict, the UAE has provided more than USD 600 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan and neighboring countries—including through UN agencies, impartially, based on need and without discrimination. We remain committed to supporting the Sudanese people and to working with international partners to alleviate the suffering and push for peace.
 
The time for action is now. The killing must stop. Sudan’s future must be built on peace, justice, and civilian leadership, independent from military control—not on the ambitions of those who seek to prolong war at the expense of their own people.

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