The new UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs underlined the importance of bringing attention to the suffering of civilians across Sudan.
Altaghyeer: Agencies
The United Nations new Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, described the Sudan crisis as one of “staggering proportions, and it demands the world’s attention”.
Fletcher is currently in Sudan in his first field visit since he was appointed chief of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in November 18.
He met with the chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and other Sudanese officials.
He discussed in these meetings “ways to address constraints to the delivery of aid, the need to increase the presence of humanitarian personnel in areas worst affected by the crisis to scale up the response, and how to increase the delivery of aid across borders and across conflict lines”, said the Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric on Monday.
Fletcher has also underlined the importance of bringing attention to the suffering of civilians across Sudan.
In Kassala in east Sudan, Fletcher visited a centre for children without parental care who had to be evacuated due to the violence and also visited a camp for displaced people, Dujarric explained in Monday briefing.
Fletcher also took part in an event in Port Sudan to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The new UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs will go to Chad to meet with Sudanese refugees and the host communities who are generously supporting them, as well as local Chadian authorities and the UN partners.
Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) said a second domestic line for the Humanitarian Air Service is now operating in Sudan where the first flight from Port Sudan to Dongola, in Northern State, was completed on Sunday.
“This new flight will enable humanitarian workers to expand their presence in northern Sudan and travel more quickly to Al Dabbah, a key transfer point for sending aid”, Dujarric said.
