UK Statement at the 58 Human Rights Council during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Sudan. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN & WTO, Simon Manley.
Mr Vice President,
High Commissioner, thank you for your report.
Nearly two years of wholly unnecessary conflict after an unnecessary coup d'etat.
Thousands of civilians killed. Millions facing starvation. Targeted attacks on civilians. And rampant sexual violence, as our Foreign Secretary heard first-hand on the Sudan-Chad border just last month.
It is appalling that those seeking refuge in IDP camps are subject to further violence. The recent RSF attacks on ZamZam IDP Camp and drone strikes in El Fasher are simply unacceptable.
We welcome the continued cooperation between your office High Commissioner, the Designated Expert and the Independent Fact-Finding Mission. These efforts to document and investigate human rights violations and abuses are critical to ending the cycle of violence.
Vice President.
All parties must uphold their Jeddah Declaration commitments and bring an end to the violence.
Aid actors need safe and unhindered humanitarian access to areas of greatest need, including Darfur.
And all perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses need to be held to account to end the entrenched impunity in Sudan.
High Commissioner, what more can we do to end impunity in Sudan?
Thank you.
