Press Release - The following statement from Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), outlines the dire situation for people caught up in the war in Sudan ahead of the first anniversary of the start of the conflict.
The following statement from Dr Christos Christou, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières , outlines the dire situation for people caught up in the war in Sudan ahead of the first anniversary of the start of the conflict.
"There is no doubt that there are enormous challenges in Sudan, but they are not insurmountable. It is possible to respond - and we know this, because we are there. A major issue is the systematic blockage of the delivery of humanitarian assistance that has been imposed by the Sudanese Armed Forces for the past six months.
"In February, we called urgently for an immediate, coordinated and rapid scale-up of the humanitarian response in North Darfur - led by the UN - in order to save lives. We called for food distributions to resume as a matter of urgency. We called for cash distributions so that people could buy food in the markets. We called for health providers to return and provide treatment.
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