The warnings coincided European Union With the United States announcing a quadripartite meeting in New York this weekend on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings, to discuss the Sudanese crisis, assess the challenges and determine ways forward collectively.
The meeting is attended by the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and a number of Arab countries.
As fighting escalates in a number of areas, SudanThe European Union statement condemned the dramatic escalation, especially in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, warning that the consequences of the fighting would reach “a point of no return for thousands of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire of the warring parties, especially those trapped in displacement camps.”
The European Union recalled the commitments contained in United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736 Which calls for an end to the siege and an immediate cessation of fighting in El Fasher.
The Union called on the warring parties and their affiliated forces to abide by international humanitarian law, by protecting civilians from the conflict, providing unhindered humanitarian access and allowing civilians to move.
The Union urged both leaders to Army and Rapid Support Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to sit at the negotiating table to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
The international community has escalated its rhetoric in recent hours amid growing demands for urgent humanitarian intervention. UN officials have accused the parties to the war, which has been ongoing since mid-April 2023, of ignoring international law, unwillingness to stop the fighting, and committing major violations against civilians.
The Sudanese war has witnessed dangerous developments in recent days, as fighting has intensified around El Fasher and in a number of areas in the capital, Khartoum, and the Al-Faw area, amid a noticeable increase in the number of civilian casualties.
The current intensification of fighting risks widening and entrenching the armed conflict, deepening ethnic polarization of Sudanese society, and further destabilizing the region.
The fighting has caused horrific levels of suffering for the civilian population, more than 13 million of whom have fled their homes, and has put about 26 million at risk of famine, while more than 60 percent of the population has lost their livelihoods due to the war, which has spread to more than 70 percent of the country’s areas so far.
A report issued by the Chatham House research center stated that one of the available options for resolving the Sudanese crisis is to deploy African military observers supported by the United Nations to work on a ceasefire.
About three weeks ago, a committee formed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the situation in Sudan With international intervention to protect civilians.
