The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday said the UN and its humanitarian colleagues report that aid delivery continues in several parts of Sudan despite ongoing access constraints.
Stéphane Dujarric, while addressing the press in New York, said that in South Kordofan State, UNICEF delivered life-saving health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene supplies this week to the towns of Dilling and Kadugli.
“Delivered via an eight-truck convoy, the assistance is expected to support nearly 39,000 people who have been largely cut off from humanitarian support due to the fighting,” he said. “Meanwhile, in Blue Nile State, the World Food Programme and its partners have distributed food rations to some 25,000 displaced people near the state capital, Damazine.”
Dujarric stated that at the same time, violence continues to affect civilians and to hinder humanitarian operations.
“On Wednesday, drone strikes in the capital of North Kordofan State, El Obeid, reportedly killed at least four civilians and injured several others,” he said. “In Dilling in South Kordofan State, a vehicle was reportedly struck by a drone, resulting in two deaths. We condemn the killings of civilians in this conflict and all other conflicts.”
Dujarric reiterated the UN’s call on all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and to facilitate the rapid, safe, unhindered, and sustained delivery of humanitarian assistance.
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