Yesterday, at the the Berlin Conference on Sudan, European Allies including Germany, France, the UK, the US and the EU pledged a total of up to €1.5billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan. The EU will be providing up to €750 million of this aid. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said that war criminals should also be held accountable.
The Sudanese government criticised the conference for taking place without consultation with it. A Conference statement endorsed the Quintent efforts to bring a ceasefire in Sudan (The African Union, the EU, the UN an the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and League of Arab States).
Meanwhile, interviewed in London at the Foreign Office by Sky News journalist Yousra Elbagir, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper described the ongoing crisis in Sudan as the biggest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. She added that the UK will be providing up to 140 million pounds in aid to humanitarian organisations in Sudan this year.
The Foreign Secretary was also questioned about Britain’s cover-up of the UAE’s crimes in Sudan, but the Foreign Secretary defended the UK’s position which calls for all foreign arms supplies to Sudan to stop in order to compel the parties into a ceasefire.
At the Berlin conference, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, said that Sudan is a laboratory for atrocities, echoing the British Foreign Secretary’s concerns about sexual violence and violence against women.
You can listen to the interview with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper here. Footage below of Tom Fletcher.
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