Sudan Letter To The United Nations
With the crisis in Sudan spiraling out of control, Operation Broken Silence is joining 22 other human rights and security organizations in calling on the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly to step up direct and indirect action.
Sudan’s military regime disintegrated on April 15, 2023. The army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the two primary groups in the regime, went to war with each for control of Sudan.
Fighting has spread across the country, with millions of the Sudanese people caught in the crossfire and ethnic minorities facing famine, war crimes, and even genocide. The area hit hardest by the war is West Darfur, where the RSF and their Arab militia allies have already killed well over 10,000 people. South Darfur is seeing increased levels of targeted violence, too.
The letter highlights a number of recommendations put forward by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, including but not limited to:
Requesting the Security Council President to invite briefers from civil society and affected communities to formal and informal meetings on atrocity situations.
Refraining from exercising the right of veto to block Security Council action aimed at averting or halting the commission of mass atrocities, for permanent members of the Security Council in line with the Political Declaration on Suspension of Veto Powers in Cases of Mass Atrocities and the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group’s Code of Conduct.
Establishing a commission of inquiry, monitoring mechanism, fact-finding mission or investigative mechanism aimed at holding perpetrators of atrocity crimes to account.
Calling on states to halt the flow of arms and military equipment to armed forces or groups suspected of committing or planning to commit atrocity crimes.
Establishing a UN peace operation or special political mission aimed at halting or averting the commission of atrocity crimes, with a mandate to monitor and promote human rights and protect civilians.
The letter has been sent to the Office of the President and the General Assembly Affairs Branch of the United Nations, as well as the Office of African Affairs, Sudan and South Sudan at the U.S. State Department, which has passed the letter along to U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
We Need Your Help
In our 12 years of working alongside Sudanese heroes, we’ve never seen anything like this. Extreme violence is spreading. Entire cities and villages are being destroyed. Famine looms. And program costs are skyrocketing.
Our Sudanese partners are struggling. They need 100 of us to start giving at least $50/month to help them continue their lifesaving work. ⚡️This is a big matchmaking campaign!⚡️ The first 100 new monthly givers will be matched by a private donor for 3 months.
The Renewal is our passionate family of monthly givers supporting Sudanese heroes. You’ll receive updates from our partners roughly once a quarter, a donation receipt each month, and an annual giving statement at the beginning of each year.
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