Discurso do Representante Permanente Alterno, Embaixador Norberto Moretti, em "briefing" do Conselho de Segurança sobre a Situação no Sudão (UNITAMS) - 16 de novembro de 2023 (texto em inglês)
Statement by the Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Norberto Moretti, at the UNSC Briefing on the situation in Sudan (UNITAMS)
November 16, 2023
Mister President,
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her comprehensive briefing. I welcome the Sudanese delegation.
Mister President,
We welcome the agreement reached between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces as result of the Jeddah Talks, last week. We commend the role played by Saudi Arabia, the United States, and IGAD, also on behalf of the African Union.
We take note of the belligerent parties’ commitment to improving humanitarian access, and to implementing confidence-building measures.
After seven months, the conflict has resulted in reportedly more than 10.000 deaths, the destruction of the country’s infrastructure, and 25 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
Those are crucial first steps that, if implemented, will help to ease the suffering of the Sudanese people, but they are far from enough. We deeply regret that the parties were not able to agree on arrangements to cease hostilities.
We call for an urgent ceasefire and for inclusive peace talks.
Mister President,
The expansion of the conflict to new areas and the recent military escalation in Darfur have an enormous impact on civilians.
We remain alarmed by heightened intercommunal tensions and by the high incidence of conflict-related sexual violence. We are gravely concerned with the continued attacks on civilians, including along ethnic lines. We urge all parties to the conflict in Sudan to uphold their obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
We commend UNITAMS for strengthening its reporting and monitoring capacity despite the significant challenges it has faced since 15 April.
Mister President,
As we heard during the open debate on October 25 and 26, the voices of Sudanese women are crucial to ending the conflict and paving the way for a peaceful political transition. We commend the resilience of those women who have advocated for peace, justice and freedom.
The Sudanese people would benefit from inclusive peace initiatives. The mediation efforts to end the ongoing fighting in Sudan and to ensure a successful political transition must include a full and meaningful participation of civilians, especially women. Inclusive efforts are more likely to achieve and sustain peace.
Mister President,
The conflict in Sudan remains one of the world’s most serious crisis, and yet, we, as a Council, have not been able so far to act on a concrete way to help alleviating the plight of the Sudanese people.
We take note with satisfaction of the Secretary-General’s decision to initiate an independently-led strategic review of UNITAMS. We should take this opportunity not only to renew our commitment to UN efforts on Sudan, but to renew our commitment to the Sudanese people and to the ending the current crisis.
Thank you.