UN Calls for increased relief funding in Sudan

Sudan Events – Agencies

UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Toby Harward, from Darfur, stressed the urgent need to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access and increase funding for the life-saving humanitarian response.
According to (Al-Tagheer, )Harward said in a video he recorded in Arabic and posted on his account on the
He pointed out that, during the past few days, he held positive meetings with the authorities and military parties in Mellit and El Fasher regarding two urgent necessities, the first of which is the need for unimpeded humanitarian aid to reach the population in all states affected by the conflict, regardless of who controls the region.
He continued, “The second imperative is the need to significantly increase humanitarian funding to enable the response of the required size and scope.”
He said that many thousands of innocent people could die very soon if the United Nations and its partners do not obtain the necessary humanitarian access and funding to respond to this humanitarian catastrophe.