The State of Kuwait urged the warring parties in Sudan to restore calm and stability, practice self-restraint, engage in peaceful dialogue, and put the interests of the Sudanese people above all considerations.
Counsellor of Kuwait Mission to the UN Office in Geneva Abdullah Al-Khubaizi highlighted, in a speech on Tuesday to an enhanced interactive dialogue held by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the situation of human rights in Sudan, the linkage between political stability and economic recovery.
Counsellor Al-Khubaizi expressed profound concern over the impacts of the armed conflict on the humanitarian situation in Sudan, saying that the crisis led to increasing waves of internal displacement and exodus into neighboring countries.
“The State of Kuwait reminds the warring parties of the need to respect the provisions of the international humanitarian law and human rights law, and empower to the international aid agencies to deliver assistance to the impoverished people,” he added.
UNHRC interactive dialogue is part of the 53rd regular session of the UNHRC which opened yesterday and will continue until July 14.
The opening session heard a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Volker Turk who regretted that “the reckless, senseless conflict in Sudan was taking place in a context of total impunity which had resulted in a human rights and humanitarian crisis.” That crisis is “unfolding at an alarming rate, on a devastating scale and with a complexity not seen before in the country,” he said, adding that since the conflict erupted on 15 April, Sudan had plunged into chaos.
Source: Kuwait News Agency