نص مذكرة منبر منظمة INGOS FORUM إلى وكيل الأمم المتحدة ومسؤول الإغاثة في السودان والتي طالبت بالتدخل الدولي بإدانة القوات المسلحة

بعثت منظمة INGOS FORUM بمذكرة إلى وكيل الأمم المتحدة ومسؤول الإغاثة في السودان، طالبت خلالها بالتدخل الدولي بإدانة القوات المسلحة السودانية، في خرق واضح للأعراف والقوانين الدولية.

وفيما يلي نص المذكرة :

To: Mr. Tom Fletcher CMG
Undersecretary General for Humanitarian
Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator
INGO Leadership welcomes your prioritization of Sudan and looks forward to working in partnership to address the challenges to the humanitarian response in view of alleviating the suffering of the people of Sudan
Dear Mr. Fletcher,
On behalf of the undersigned international non-governmental organization (INGO) CEOs and the INGO forum in Sudan, I would like to begin by sharing our congratulations, and extending a warm welcome, as you take up the critical role of Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. We are particularly pleased that you have selected Sudan as your first mission in post, given the immense suffering of the civilian population and the significant challenges faced by humanitarian actors to meaningfully support them.
Sudan is the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis. The war is entering a new chapter, characterized by unrelenting violence and suffering. Your leadership is urgently needed to shift the course of the humanitarian response in Sudan and neighboring countries to prevent the further spread of famine conditions in further suffering in 2025. The humanitarian response is deeply constrained: access restrictions are leaving millions without assistance and challenging the tenants of a principled response; strategic plans lack operational focus; progress on empowering local responders and scaling up cash-based assistance remain timid; glaring protection and Protection of Civilians (PoC) gaps remain unaddressed; and the risk of aid instrumentalization by warring parties, including the deliberate use of hunger as a weapon of war, is increasing.
The overall priority must be to prevent and address the immense suffering caused by indiscriminate violence: catastrophic hunger, disease outbreaks, widespread sexual violence, deteriorating living conditions and significant risks to children. Without accountability for human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL), violations by the warring parties and other armed groups in Sudan will persist. Respect for IHL is paramount and must be considered alongisde ceasefires and conflict resolution efforts. We urge you to advocate for coordinated international political engagement at the highest level and to leverage the full influence of the United Nations and its Member States to address Sudan’s humanitarian crisis and mitigate the impact of the conflict on civilian populations.
To this end, we are sharing the collective priorities of the INGO community and encourage you to take concrete steps for their advancement during your time in country and upon your return. We assure you of our commitment to work with you to address them, intensify efforts and operational capacity where possible, and recalibrate collective efforts where challenges persist.
As the Emergency Relief Coordinator, IASC Chair and Principal of OCHA, we request your leadership to deliver concrete actions on the recommendations put forward by the EDG in May 2024 following their visit to Sudan. Specifically, we urge:
Strengthened IASC Response: There is a need to address the delay of the IASC scale-up including a permanent humanitarian presence in IPC4+ areas as committed in the famine response and prevention plans, and to urge HCT leadership in Protection and Access advocacy that ensures gender responsive humanitarian action.
Robust contingency planning: The ongoing HPC is a key moment to ensure that detailed plans to overcome access challenges including INGO, local and women-led options in hard-to-reach areas are implemented. Local systems, groups, and market actors must be leveraged for a more effective, cash-based response.
Protection of Civilians: Immediate civilian protection across Sudan is critical. We need a dedicated mechanism for IHL/IHRL adherence and harm reduction, independent of ceasefire status. The protection of aid workers, including local responders, in engagements with warring parties must be prioritized.
Access: This crisis requires multifaceted access negotiations to allow aid flow through all possible points, including cross-border, cross-line and airtransport. A principled response that facilitates equal access for all humanitarian actors, including for INGOs and local responders in areas where the UN is not present must be prioritized across the country. This demands the lifting of bureaucratic impediments through bold and direct engagement with all warring parties, both at leadership and field level. INGOs and local responders are poised to scale and respond at a higher capacity if access and resources improve.
Regional Coordination: There is an opportunity for you to seize the momentum on regional coordination launched by the Development Partners Meeting on the Sudan Regional Refugee Crisis. We urge you to push for greater strategic coordination of the humanitarian leadership in neighboring countries and Sudan, including through increased staffing, and explore the resourcing of regional leadership aimed at tackling key issues such as cross border access, protection, pendular movements, conflict prevention, a coherent and efficient response and adequate financing.
Urgency: Time is critical. Your decision to prioritize Sudan for this first trip in your tenure sends a clear signal to the world that this crisis is of critical importance as millions flee this brutal conflict that has destabilized the region and lead to tens of thousands of needless deaths.
We are confident that under your leadership, the critical issues of limited access and the lack of fundamental services essential for survival will be promptly addressed. We trust that these challenges can be effectively resolved and that a comprehensive and robust response, proportionate to the overwhelming needs will be implemented.
We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you upon your return to discuss further.
Yours sincerely,