The Commissioner General for Humanitarian Aid discusses with the directors of UNICEF and the World Food Program the arrival of aid to states and regions intercepted by militias.
Professor Salwa Adam Benya, Commissioner General of Sudanese Humanitarian Aid, met this morning in his office in Port Sudan with the Director of UNICEF in Sudan, Mr. Sheldon Yate, the Director of the World Food Program in Sudan, and Mr. Eddie Roy, each separately. These meetings discussed urgent humanitarian issues regarding the arrival of humanitarian aid in states and regions where militias obstruct the arrival of humanitarian aid, particularly South Kordofan State and its main towns. , besieged for more than a year. and the supply of medicine and food was interrupted. Professor Salwa stressed the need to assume their moral and humanitarian responsibility by providing relief to Dilling, Kadugli and the rest of the towns of South Kordofan, whose humanitarian tragedy is worsening day by day due to the siege on them. imposed. underlined the great role played by the Humanitarian Aid Commission with all the facilities and acceleration of procedures and the granting… of movement and travel authorizations for relief workers, United Nations personnel and organizations working in the humanitarian field to reach South Kordofan. The Commissioner-General called on the United Nations, through the heads of agencies she met this morning, including UNICEF and the World Food Program, to put pressure on the militias and urge them to commit to provide humanitarian assistance to those who deserve it. this one, which is blocked by the rapid support militia. Highlighting the Government of Sudan's commitment to all international agreements related to humanitarian affairs and the Jeddah Declaration.
For their part, the Director of the UNICEF office in Sudan and the Director of the World Food Program confirmed that all efforts will be made and exploited to provide relief to areas under siege for more than a year, especially the State of South Kordofan and its main towns, Kadugli and Dilling.
They commended the role of the Humanitarian Aid Commission and its fulfillment of its humanitarian responsibility to provide relief to Sudanese citizens affected by the war in Sudan.