{"id":62020,"date":"2026-09-01T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=62020"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:20:17","slug":"un-security-council-president-accuses-rsf-of-committing-horrific-crimes-in-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/un-security-council-president-accuses-rsf-of-committing-horrific-crimes-in-darfur\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council President Accuses RSF of Committing &#8220;Horrific Crimes&#8221; in Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Denmark&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for August, Christina Markus Lassen, accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing &#8220;horrific crimes&#8221; in the Darfur region, calling for civilians to be protected and those responsible for violations to be held accountable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In remarks to Al Arabiya, published early Tuesday, Lassen said Sudan was experiencing one of the world&#8217;s worst crises amid the continued war, worsening humanitarian conditions, and ongoing violations against civilians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She stressed the need to hold those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity accountable, emphasizing the importance of continued international efforts to protect civilians and ensure compliance with international humanitarian law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Her remarks come amid growing international pressure over violations in Darfur, alongside discussions within the Security Council concerning the future of the sanctions regime and the arms embargo imposed on the region under Resolution 1591.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During August, the Security Council expressed concern over the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Sudan and called on the parties to the conflict to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian access.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lassen&#8217;s remarks are among the most explicit positions taken against the RSF in recent months. However, they represent her own statements and do not, in themselves, constitute a decision or collective statement issued by the UN Security Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denmark&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for August, Christina Markus Lassen, accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing &#8220;horrific crimes&#8221; in the Darfur region, calling for civilians to be protected and those responsible for violations to be held accountable. In remarks to Al Arabiya, published early &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62023,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020\/revisions\/62023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}