We remain gravely concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Sudan including rapidly deteriorating humanitarian condition, White House Spokeswoman Karine Jean Pierre said Tuesday.
In a press briefing, Jean Pierre added, “this widespread violence compounds an already dire situation.” The SAF and the RCF must follow safe access for humanitarian agencies and their workers to support the Sudanese people for Sudanese medical workers to access hospitals and receive vital medical supplies for the civilians to access vital resources as well.
On another front, USAID announced the deployment of a Disaster Assistance Response Team, DART as it’s also called to Nairobi, Kenya to lead the US government disaster response there.
In areas where security conditions permit, US government partners are providing some limited lifesaving activities in Sudan.
The US government continues to work with partners to assess their ability to safely provide critical humanitarian assistance at the security situation permits, as the security situation permits.
As access and security permit, US funded humanitarian partners are present on the borders and working with local authorities to provide services to those in need including access to emergency food, water and medical support.
We are planning to use all available means including using the prepositioned medical and food supplies to ensure that humanitarian assistance can resume once security conditions permit.
Meanwhile, US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said, “we can continue to call for and seek the extension of these ceasefires while also working a process to achieve a permanent cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements that we believe will be beneficial to the country and to the Sudanese people.” To support a durable end to this fighting, the United States, from all levels of this department, are coordinating with regional and international partners and Sudanese civilian stakeholders to assist in the creation of a committee to oversee the negotiation conclusion and an implementation of a permanent cessation of hostilities.
Extension of a ceasefire, we believe, are steps that will continue to help get us in that direction
Source: Kuwait News Agency