Statement highlighting UK Minister for Development, Anneliese
Dodd's attendance at a ministerial roundtable to urgently address
the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
On 13 February, the UK Minister for Development, MP, convened Ministers and
other representatives virtually from Canada, Egypt, EU, France,
Germany, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, UAE and USA
with the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher. The
participants discussed how to urgently address the rapidly
deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Sudan where over 30 million
people are in urgent need of assistance, more than 12 million are
displaced and famine conditions have been confirmed.
The participants agreed on the critical need for both warring
parties to adhere to their commitments agreed in the Jeddah
Declaration to respect international humanitarian law, protect
civilians and facilitate the rapid and unimpeded passage of
humanitarian relief both into and throughout Sudan. They
expressed concern that only a fraction of aid available has been
able to reach those in most need and discussed the importance of
all sides lifting the bureaucratic impediments that are
unnecessarily blocking or delaying the distribution of aid.
They took note of other efforts to galvanise international action
and attention on the humanitarian situation in Sudan, including
the High-Level Humanitarian Conference for the People of Sudan
co-hosted by Ethiopia, UAE, the African Union and the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development on 14 February that
called for a Ramadan humanitarian pause and the launch of the
2025 UN Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and the
Regional Refugee Response Plan on 17 February.
The participants re-affirmed their commitment to the Sudanese
people and agreed to re-convene at regular intervals to
strengthen the international response to the humanitarian crisis
in Sudan.
