Funding from Brussels will be channeled through humanitarian organizations to the most vulnerable people suffering the consequences of the conflict not only in Sudan, but also refugees.
The European Union (EU) announced that its participation in financing announced this Monday in Paris, at the end of an international conference in support of the people of Sudan, will be 896 million euros.
In a statement issued in Brussels, the The European Commission adds that it contributes 355 million euros of the total announced by the EU to finance humanitarian aid actions and the development of Sudan and neighboring countries.
“Together with the commitment assumed by EU States worth 541 million euros, “Total EU support to Sudan promised at the conference amounts to €896 million.”highlights the note.
“One year after the start of the conflict in Sudan, the EU organized today, together with France and Germany, the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and neighboring countries. “The aim of the conference was to strengthen support for people affected by what has become one of the worst humanitarian crises and the largest displacement crisis in the world.”highlights the European Commission.
European Commission funding will be channeled through humanitarian organizations to the most vulnerable people suffering the consequences of the conflict not only in Sudan, but also to those who have sought refuge in neighboring countries.
“EU aid will provide communities with health and nutritional care, food assistance, water and sanitation, shelter, protection and education for the most vulnerable families: internally displaced people, refugee families and host communities,” the statement details.
During the conference, the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Security Policy called for a ceasefire in Sudan and access to humanitarian support for the country’s population.
After speaking at the conference, Josep Borrell considered, on social networks, that the situation is “The worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
You Global donors pledged at the conference to donate more than €2 billion.
In a final statement, diplomats, United Nations officials and aid agencies gathered at the conference called on parties to the Sudan conflict to end human rights violations and allow humanitarian access.
It was also requested, through a declaration signed by 14 countries – namely, Germany, France, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti and Chad, but also the UN – that “all foreign actors” stop providing armed support to warring factions.
The war in Sudan, which began on April 15, 2023 and has already claimed at least 14,000 lives, was triggered by the rebellion of the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces against the Sudanese Armed Forces, starting a conflict that involved the capital, Khartoum. and other parts of the country.
The conflict also caused one of the worst waves of displacement in the world, with more than 8.5 million internally displaced people and refugees.
Source: Observadora
