Sudan Humanitarian Aid Commission decries 'concerning' UAE meeting
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The Sudan Humanitarian Aid Commission called the participation of Antonio Guterres and Moussa Faki in the UAE conference for the people of Sudan "deeply concerning."
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Antonio Guterres during an address at the Humanitarian Conference for the People of Sudan in Addis Ababa on February 14, 2025. (Emirates News Agency)
According to the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Sudan, the "High-Level Humanitarian Conference for the People of Sudan” in Addis Ababa, organized by the United Arab Emirates is a whitewashing of the UAE's image and promotes the country as a humanitarian by covering up its participation in war crimes against the Sudanese people.
On Friday, the UAE, Ethiopia, the African Union, and IGAD hosted a "High-Level Humanitarian Conference for the People of Sudan" in Addis Ababa, aiming to garner global support for Sudan's humanitarian crisis and advocate for a ceasefire during Ramadan.
According to the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the conference "aimed to mobilize regional and global support to address Sudan’s catastrophic humanitarian crisis, and deliver a strong unified call for a humanitarian ceasefire during the month of Ramadan. In this regard, numerous countries joined the UAE’s call for a humanitarian pause and an end to the war.
The HAC regretted the participation of Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and the outgoing Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, in addition to some neighboring countries, nothing their participation is "deeply concerning" as it directly contributes to encouraging the UAE to continue to deepen the humanitarian disaster in Sudan.
The Commission articulated its belief that the UAE of bears "direct responsibility for exacerbating this crisis through its continuous financial and military support to the RSF militia, rendering it a direct party to the conflict in Sudan.
The statement also condemned "the attempt to utilize humanitarian assistance and the ongoing suffering of the Sudanese people to rehabilitate the UAE’s image and obscure its role in these violations constitutes complicity in the perpetuation of these crimes."
It considered the actions a continuous exploitation of international law and Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2736, which demanded the RSF end the siege of El-Fasher and end the fighting in and around the city of North Darfur State.
The statement added a clear condemnation of the politicizing of a humanitarian issue to serve political agendas, something it says is evident by certain Sudanese politicians who align with the RSF and the UAE, in addition to the participation of organizations that are supposed to be neutral and non-aligned.
