Camilla Harris calls on the UAE to stop supporting the militia
Sudan Events – Follow-ups
Foreign Affairs magazine said in an article by expert on Sudanese affairs , John Brandat Qast on Tuesday that the United Nations UN Committee of Experts on Sudan has concluded that the UAE supports the Rapid Support Forces RSF militia in violation of the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations UN .
The magazine said that at the beginning of the current conflict, the Sudanese Armed Forces SAF were better armed than the Rapid Support Forces RSF and the Sudanese civil war could not have continued for this long without the United Arab Emirates UAE ‘assistance to the Rapid Support Forces RSF .
The United Nations UN and multiple media outlets reported that the UAE is providing direct military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces RS in form of howitzers, multiple launch rocket systems, combat drones, and man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
This aid enabled the Rapid Support Forces RSF to change the balance of power in their favor in many parts of Sudan
During the second half of 2023, US Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and other US officials sought to hold talks with UAE leaders, urging them to stop supporting the Rapid Support Forces RSF but these efforts did not bring about any change.
In the policy of the United Arab Emirates UAE towards Sudan.
An article by “Brandat Gast” published by Al Mahalla indicated intensified efforts to resolve the Sudanese crisis diplomatically: In addition to Biden’s decision to appoint a special envoy, the Secretary-General of the United Nations UN in November appointed a new envoy to Sudan to support peacemaking efforts.
But the United States US and its partners can do more to build influence before the next phase of mediation in Sudan. She affirmed that Washington and willing European governments should signal to Dubai that as long as it is financing the war and genocide in Sudan, it will continue to collect information about any Emirati non-compliance. According to FATF standards, with sanctions on companies that help deliver weapons, the United States US and its allies could more easily target companies and networks in third countries — such as the Central African Republic, Chad, and Uganda — that are involved in delivering UAE weapons to the RSF.
Last year, the European Union EU imposed sanctions on officials complicit in gender-based violence in Russia, Afghanistan and other countries.
It can impose similar sanctions on officials of the Rapid Support Forces RSF .: UAE Must Stop Supporting Militia Forces in Sudan
Sudan Events – Follow-ups
Foreign Policy magazine said in an article by expert on Sudanese affairs , John Brandat Qast on Tuesday that the United Nations UN Committee of Experts on Sudan has concluded that the UAE supports the Rapid Support Forces RSF militia in violation of the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations UN .
The magazine said that at the beginning of the current conflict, the Sudanese Armed Forces SAF were better armed than the Rapid Support Forces RSF and the Sudanese civil war could not have continued for this long without the United Arab Emirates UAE ‘assistance to the Rapid Support Forces RSF .
The United Nations UN and multiple media outlets reported that the UAE is providing direct military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces RS in form of howitzers, multiple launch rocket systems, combat drones, and man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
This aid enabled the Rapid Support Forces RSF to change the balance of power in their favor in many parts of Sudan
During the second half of 2023, US Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and other US officials sought to hold talks with UAE leaders, urging them to stop supporting the Rapid Support Forces RSF but these efforts did not bring about any change.
In the policy of the United Arab Emirates UAE towards Sudan.
An article by “Brandat Gast” published by Al Mahalla indicated intensified efforts to resolve the Sudanese crisis diplomatically: In addition to Biden’s decision to appoint a special envoy, the Secretary-General of the United Nations UN in November appointed a new envoy to Sudan to support peacemaking efforts.
But the United States US and its partners can do more to build influence before the next phase of mediation in Sudan. She affirmed that Washington and willing European governments should signal to Dubai that as long as it is financing the war and genocide in Sudan, it will continue to collect information about any Emirati non-compliance. According to FATF standards, with sanctions on companies that help deliver weapons, the United States US and its allies could more easily target companies and networks in third countries — such as the Central African Republic, Chad, and Uganda — that are involved in delivering UAE weapons to the RSF.
Last year, the European Union EU imposed sanctions on officials complicit in gender-based violence in Russia, Afghanistan and other countries.
It can impose similar sanctions on officials of the Rapid Support Forces RSF .
