September 12, 2023

Before April, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) declared that over 15 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance and just $225.7 million of the $1.75 billion in assistance called for by OCHA had been provided. [...] However, the current response remains woefully underfunded, with only $1.52 billion of the new $3 billion request made by the United Nations to address the crisis provided thus far. [...] In the face of atrocity crimes, extreme civilian need, and the potential for widespread regional destabilization, it is imperative that the U. [...] government act urgently and deploy all tools at its disposal to protect civilians and push for a peacefully negotiated end to the conflict and, in the interim, adherence to the principles of International Humanitarian Law. [...] government’s response to the crisis to date, and chart potential paths forward including but not limited to a coordinated humanitarian funding package, resourcing atrocity prevention actors, securing humanitarian corridors for safe passage of civilians, documentation and investigation of war crimes, and effective diplomatic pressure on the Sudanese Government to facilitate safe humanitarian access.