Diplomats and employees of humanitarian aid organizations from around the world gathered in London to contribute to a greater humanitarian attempt to help people who suffered from the two -year civil war in Sudan.
The conflict made tens of thousands of dead, removed 12.6 million people, according to the UN, and caused hunger in most of the country.
The African Union jointly organized a one -day conference with the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the European Union.
The participants turned to the “immediate termination of hostilities”, but the British Foreign Minister David Lammy said that the world would take time, more international efforts and “patient diplomacy”.
The main goal of the conference was not to agree on the world, but to answer that the United Nations called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
Representatives of Western countries, international organizations and neighboring countries took part in this event, but no one from Sudan was present.
Neither the Sudanese military nor the rival Parida group Fast Support (RSF) were invited.
Lammy told the delegates that “many abandoned Sudan,” assuming that the conflict would probably continue, with the greatest obstacle to the world “lack of political will”.
“We must convince conflict parties to protect civilians, allow help to enter and cross the country and primarily put the world,” Lammy said.
The war began on April 15, 2023, after the tension between the Sudanese military and RSF became a struggle for power.
The fighters began in the cartoon and spread throughout the country, and at least 20,000 people were killed, although the actual number is probably much higher.
The Sudanese army resumed the cartoon last month, which was considered a fundamental victory. Nevertheless, RSF continues to control most of the Western region of Darfur and other zones.
The UN said that more than 300 civilians were killed in Darfur in recent hostilities.
The war led to hunger in some regions of the country and forced more than 12.6 million people to leave their homes. More than three million passed to neighboring countries, such as children and Egypt. Both sides of the war were accused of war crimes.
The World Food Program says that about 25 million people – half of the population of Sudan – experience extreme hunger.
Oxfam warned that the crisis could spread to neighboring countries. In South Sudan, where instability was also registered, the arrival of Sudanese refugees exerted pressure on limited resources and worsening tension.
Lammy, who visited the border between Sudan and Chad in January, emphasized the need for wages for the distribution of instability.
“Sudan and the region as a whole are migration engines, and safe and stable Sudan are vital for our national security,” he said.
The conference is aimed at finding a way to stop suffering, but the United Kingdom and other Western countries have limited powers to stop the battle.
The Sudan government criticized the conference for its exclusion and invited the United Arab Emirates, who were accused of supporting RSF.
The United Arab Emirates denied the accusations.
Lana Nuseybekh, assistant to the Minister of Political Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, said that both sides were committing atrocities. He turned to no longer strive for humanitarian workers and achieve a ceasefire.
The United States, which reduced most of their foreign assistance, must also participate in the conference.
Before the meeting, Lammy announced the financing of 140 million euros to provide food for 650,000 people in Sudan over the next year as part of the foreign assistance budget in the UK.
In February, Great Britain reduced its expenses for assistance from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP to increase military expenses.
Nevertheless, Prime Minister Keir Dropmer said that Sudan, together with Ukraine and Gas, will remain a priority for British assistance.