{"id":13249,"date":"2024-01-31T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:40:05","slug":"un-official-i-heard-stories-on-tragic-losses-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/un-official-i-heard-stories-on-tragic-losses-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Official: I Heard Stories on Tragic Losses in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agencies &#8211; Sudan Events\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, called for urgent and additional support to meet the needs of about 8 million IDPs as a result of the bloody conflict in Sudan.<br \/>\nAt the conclusion of his visit to Ethiopia, Grandi was briefed on the efforts of the Ethiopian government, with the support of UNHCR and its partners, to help Sudanese refugees who recently arrived in the country.<br \/>\nGrandi said in a statement today (Wednesday): \u201cI heard stories of heartbreaking losses of family members, friends, homes and livelihoods, but in the midst of this state of despair, I also saw the determination of refugees to move forward, if they have support and opportunities.\u201d<br \/>\nHe expressed his appreciation to the government and local communities for allocating land to those forced to flee and welcoming them, despite the challenges they face, including hosting large numbers of refugees.<br \/>\nHe added: \u201cEthiopia\u2019s continued generosity towards refugees, including those recently arrived from Sudan, is commendable and should be matched by greater support from the international community.<br \/>\nWithout more supporting of donors it will be extremely difficult to provide much-needed assistance. For those who need it most.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Agencies &#8211; Sudan Events\u00a0 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, called for urgent and additional support to meet the needs of about 8 million IDPs as a result of the bloody conflict in Sudan. At the conclusion of his visit to Ethiopia, Grandi was briefed on the efforts of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13251,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions\/13251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}