After the reports of armed clashes in Khartom, the capital of Sudan, UN Secretary General Antoniu Guterrish and special representative of the Secretary General in Sudan made statements in which violence was decisively convicted.
In a statement published by the press secretary of Secretary General Stefan Duzharrik, it is noted that the head of the UN called on the leaders of the rapid response forces and Sudanese army “to immediately stop hostilities, restore calm and begin dialogue in order to resolve the current crisis,” and other states in the region – support efforts to restore order and transition of power to the civil administration.
The spokeswoman added that the Secretary General also spoke with the leaders of the two opposing parties-Lieutenant General of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burkhan and Lieutenant General of the Fast Reacting forces by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The Secretary General called for the immediate cessation of violence and return to the dialogue, and proposed his mediation in close coordination with the efforts already made.
Integration of rapid response forces into the regular units of the Sudanese army was one of the issues discussed under a political agreement reached in February with the support of the UN after many months of negotiations.
However, at the briefing of the Security Council on March 20, Folker Pertes, a special representative of the Secretary General in Sudan, warned that in recent weeks the tension between the Sudanese army and the forces of rapid response has increased, and called for de -expansion.
, in his statement on current hostilities, Pertes appealed to both parties with a request to immediately stop hostilities in order to ensure the security of the Sudanese people and save the country from further violence.
Antoniu Guterres also expressed concern about the “destructive” influence of any further escalation of hostilities on the civilian population, which will further aggravate the already unstable humanitarian situation in the country.
Martin Griffith, the UN humanitarian aid coordinator, expressed similar fears on Saturday. On his Twitter page, Griffiths wrote that further violence will only worsen the situation for almost 16 million people, about a third of the population who need humanitarian assistance.
In the updated information about the humanitarian situation in Sudan, published on April 13, the UN Humanitarian Affairs Department of Humanitarian Affairs, it is noted that humanitarian needs throughout Sudan are at a record high level.
Folker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressing anxiety about the current situation, wrote on Saturday on his Twitter page that the people of Sudan “deserves the best.” The Turk noted that the Voice of reason is extremely necessary to stop violence and “return to the previous promising path to the world and the transition of the authorities to the civil administration.”