The members of the Sudan Consultative Forum, chaired by the EU on Thursday 26 June, agreed that, in the context of recent developments in Sudan and the wider Sahel and Red Sea region, “high-level attention and action remain urgent to address the ongoing war in Sudan”.
According to a press release from the European External Action Service, the participants agreed on the urgent need for collective and coordinated action to silence the weapons in Sudan, to re-establish the path towards a civil transition and to ensure without delay the future of the Sudanese population affected by the war, in particular women and young people.
The three working sessions provided an opportunity to discuss concrete avenues for de-escalation, civil and political dialogue, as well as the imperative of humanitarian access and respect for international humanitarian law.
The Consultative Forum is made up of the African Union, the EU, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the League of Arab States and the United Nations, their presiding member states, Angola, Djibouti and Iraq, and the countries sponsoring peace initiatives (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States). (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)