UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
- The U.N. Security Council demands Sudan's paramilitary force stop their siege in Darfur's capital, El Fasher, where over a million people are trapped.
- The resolution, approved 14-0 with Russia abstaining, expresses concern over ethnically motivated violence by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher.
- Calls have been made for the protection of civilians, allowing movement in El Fasher or leaving for safer areas, immediate fighting halt, and withdrawal of threatening fighters for safety.
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UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding Sudan paramilitary protect civilians and lift siege of El Fasher
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a UK-backed resolution on the situation in Sudan, demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces halt its siege of El Fasher, the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn’t control. This comes as the UN Secretary-General delivered reports on Sudan and South Sudan before the Security Council. Resolution 2736 was adopted almost unanimously with fourteen votes in favor, no v…
The UN Security Council has called on the RSF militia in Sudan to end the siege of the city of al-Fashir in the Darfur region.
De Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties heeft zich, op initiatief van Groot-Brittannië, in grote meerderheid uitgesproken voor een resolutie die een onmiddellijk einde eist aan de belegering van de Soedanese deelstaatshoofdstad Al Fasher, ongeveer 800 kilometer ten westen van Khartoem. Alle leden stemden voor en Rusland onthield zich van stemming. De stad wordt belegerd door de Rapid Support Forces (RSF), een voormalige elite-eenheid van het …
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