In a statement published on Wednesday, the members of the council declared The PAS posed “a direct threat to the territorial integrity of Sudan” And could fragment the country, feed the fighting and deepen an already disastrous humanitarian crisis.

The ambassadors reaffirmed “unshakable” support for sovereignty, independence and unity of SudanStressing that the unilateral actions that undermine these principles endangers not only the future of Sudan, but also peace and stability in the region in the broad sense.

The Council called on the RSF and Sudanese armed forces to take up talks aimed at reaching a sustainable ceasefire and to create the conditions for a political settlement involving all political and social groups.

The objective, according to them, is a credible and inclusive transition to a government led by civilians who can lead the country to the democratic elections and offer “a peaceful, stable and prosperous future” in accordance with the aspirations of the Sudanese people.

Flash points in Darfur and Kordofan

The declared declaration Resolution 2736 of the Council (2024)Who requires that the RSF lifts its headquarters from El Fasher, stops fighting and defuses tensions in and around the capital of Darfur du Nord.

Famine and extreme food insecurity are likely to spread in the city, which has been besieged since April 2024.

The members expressed the alarm in the face of the reports of an RSF offensive renewed this week in El Fasher and urged the group to allow “unhindered humanitarian access” to the city.

The Council has also expressed its serious concerns about the attacks reported in the Sudan Kordofan region in recent weeks, which would have been carried out by both parties, which caused a large number of civilian deaths. They also expressed a deep concern about the impact of the conflict on humanitarian operations.

Access requests

The members of the Council have pressed all parties to allow a safe and unhindered humanitarian access in accordance with international law, to protect civilians and to comply with their obligations under resolution 2736 and the Jeddah Declaration in 2023.

They stressed that the perpetrators of serious violations were to be held to count.
They have also urged all the Member States of the UN to avoid any external interference which feeds conflicts and instability, supports lasting peace efforts and comply with the relevant resolutions of international law and the Council, including resolution 2750.

Backing for the UN sent

The Council reiterated its commitment to supporting the people of Sudan in their quest for peace, security, stability and prosperity.

He also expressed his full support for the secretary general’s personal envoy, Ramtane LamamraAnd his work with the sides at war and civil society to obtain a lasting settlement through dialogue.

The 26 -year -old conflict from 1983 to 2009, opposed government forces to the Tamoul Eelam (LTTE) separatist Liberation Tigers – more commonly known as the Tamil tigers – which has sought an independent state for the Tamilian minority of the island in the north and east.

The civil war has made around 80,000 to 100,000 lives and thousands of others have disappeared, their fate still unknown. Hundreds of thousands have also been moved from their homes.

The last months have been among the bloodiest, with tens of thousands of civilians killed in blind bombings, extrajudicial executions and other violations of international law committed by both parties.

Transform the promises of results

In a new report Posted Wednesday, UN Human Rights Head Volker Türk said Government’s commitments to do justice, restore the rule of law and eliminate discrimination and division policy must finally give concrete results.

“” Today, an opportunity arises for Sri Lanka to break the past,“He said. »»He now needs a full roadmap to translate these commitments into results.“”

The report follows recent visit In Sri Lanka, where he met civil servants, civil society, the groups of the victims, the political parties and the religious leaders, and went to Trincomalee, Jaffna and Kandy – among the most affected areas.

He calls for clear recognition of the violations, abuses and crimes committed – including during the civil war – and the recognition of the responsibility of the State and that of its staff of the security forces as well as of the non -state armed groups, including the LTTE.

“” The pain and suffering of the victims remain palpable and their requests for truth and justice must be processed,»M. Türk underlined.

Call for scanning reforms

The report recommends a complete reform of the security sector and broader constitutional, legal and institutional changes to comply with international human rights obligations. It hosts the planned creation of an independent public office.

He also urges the creation of a dedicated judicial mechanism, including an independent special lawyer, to manage cases involving serious violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law.

The other recommendations include the release of land held by soldiers in the north and east, the repeal of the law on terrorism prevention (PTA) and the release of long -term PTA prisoners – some have imprisoned for decades.

The report also calls for the changes or the repeal of several restrictive laws, in particular those relating to data and online security, NGOs and civil and political rights.

International support

Although the main responsibility to investigate and pursue crimes is the government, the report calls for additional international support.

He urges the UN member states to contribute to efforts of responsibility and reconciliation, taking advantage of OhchrThe ability to undertake related work is reinforced.

“” These measures are crucial to carry out the government’s vision of “national unity” and above all ensure that there can never be a recurrence of past violations,“Said Mr. Türk.

These young deaths are “the last of the war against children and childhood in Gaza”, Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWAsaid in A tweet Wednesday.

The toll also includes some 40,000 boys and girls reported killed or injured due to bombing and air strike, at least 17,000 unaccompanied and separate children, and a million deeply traumatized young people who do not receive education.

“Children are children,” he said.

“” No one should be silent in the death of children, or is brutally deprived of a future, wherever these children areincluding in Gaza. »»

A dark meeting

Thousands of sick children in Gaza need urgent medical evacuation, according to the United Nations Coordination Office Ochha.

Olga Cherevko, agency spokesperson, recalled the moment when she recognized a young girl requiring treatment in a Gaza hospital after an interval of one year, suffering once more malnutrition.

“I remembered his long eyelashes,” said the veteran humanitarian UN NewsDescribing Janah, seven, whom she met at the hospital adapted to the patients of Gaza City on Tuesday.

“The first time I met her was at IMC Field hospital in southern Gaza in April 2024. At the time, she was seriously malnocked and had treatment. And she gradually became better and was finally released and returned home. »»

Evacuation saves lives

However, Janah was now back to the hospital “because malnutrition has worsened and The condition that it has also is not properly diagnosed and cannot be properly diagnosed. »»

The girl is on a list of people to evacuate medically for treatment outside Gaza. The most recent evacuations took place last week when the World Health Organization (WHO)) supported The transfer of 15 seriously sick children in Jordan, but more than 14,800 people are still waiting.

Ms. Cherevko stressed the importance of ensuring that evacuations continue to save as many lives as possible.

More help required

She also pointed out that for children and adults suffering from pre -existing conditions, their situation gets worse with malnutrition.

“It would not be so if they had good nutrition, because these conditions existed before the famine crisis and they do not become as sick as they are now,” she said.

“This is why it is imperative to make sure that we have appropriate conditions on the ground for adequate volumes of supplies to enter-everything, from food to medicine via nutrition in a shelter,” she continued.

“And these lines of life must be really activated so that we can provide this help to people in need.”

Die of hunger

Trauma and mental health problems

The goods are entering but money is low

At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the travel camp of Abu Shouk on the outskirts of the city and the United Nations Human Rights Office, OhchrAlso follows the allegations of summary executions.

“It is with dismay that we again witness an unimaginable horror inflicted on civilians in El Fasher, who endured more than a year of siege, persistent attacks and disastrous humanitarian conditions,” said Türk.

Serial attacks

“Such repeated attacks against civilians, which raise serious concerns under international humanitarian law, are completely unacceptable and must stop.”

Between January and June, the RSF – which has been fighting against the military government for the control of Sudan for more than two years – attacked the Abu Shouk camp at least 16 times, killing at least 212 and leaving 111 other injured.

“Once again, I raise the alarm of the serious risk of ethnically motivated persecution while the RSF tries to take control of the camp of El Fasher and Abu Shouk,” said Türk, reiterating his call to protect civilians and urging humanitarian breaks in the besieged areas to reach those who need it.

Human rights violations in Zamzam

The United Nations human rights officials recently interviewed survivors of the RSF devastating assault on the Zamzam camp, 15 kilometers south of El Fasher, where famine was confirmed in August 2024.

The testimonies corroborated the previous documentation of serious human rights violations against civilians during a particularly deadly attack against the Zamzam camp in April 2025, in particular murders, generalized rape and gang rape, disappearances and torture imposed.

“I urge third parties to use all their influence to put an end to these violations,” said Türk. “Responsibility is crucial to break this cycle of persistent and blatant violations.”

Deepen hunger

A year after the famine was confirmed for the first time in Zamzam, hundreds of thousands are still trapped in El Fasher, cut off from World Food Program (Wfp) Assistance and face deepen hunger.

The commercial roads and the supply lines entering El Fasher are blocked, which leads to a flambé of prices and the cessation of operations of most community kitchens.

Some residents would have survived animal fodder and food waste.

“Everyone in El Fasher faces a daily struggle to survive,” said Eric Perceison, regional Director of PAM for East and Southern Africa.

“Without immediate and sustained access”, for the humanitarian workers, has added Losesse: “Lives will be lost. »»

The Sudan conflict, which started in April 2023, created the world’s largest hunger crisis: around 25 million people – half of the country’s population – face acute hunger and 3.5 million women and children are confronted with malnutrition.

From El Fasher to Tawila

Many victims of the attack on the Zamzam camp and those who suffer from hunger in El Fasher fled to the Tawila camp, 75 kilometers.

“Hunger forced us to leave,” said Sondos, eight, who told WFP that she had fled with her family after weeks to survive Millet.

There was “only hunger and bombs,” she said, with bus shells in the city.

Another Tawila resident, Mohamed, 47, traveled from Zamzam to El Fasher before going to Tawila.

People died thirsty along the way, he said. “Many of them begged water. Each person must have only one sip, just enough to reach their stomach. ”

But even when people go to Tawila, the camp’s makeshift tents offer little protection against the rainy season that barely starts.

WFP assistance

For around 400,000 residents of the Tawila camp, WFP rations of high energy cookies, sorghum, vegetable oil and salt are often their only subsistence.

These are just some of the four million Sudanese people WFP supports monthly.

This assistance has helped reduce catastrophic hunger in certain parts of the central and Western Darfur. However, these gains are fragile: “WFP is ready with trucks full of food aid to send to El Fasher”, explains Corinne Fleischer, director of the supply chain and PAM delivery. “We need an emergency guaranteed to be safe.”

The RSF has not yet agreed in a break in the fighting to allow humanitarian goods to enter the city.

Poissons poorly labeled with hidden additives, deceptive practices threaten the means of subsistence, food security and confidence in what ends on our plates.

Now, a new international initiative supported by the United Nations uses advanced nuclear science to protect people and make sure that the seafood they count are safe, authentic and traceable.

Fish company

The consumption of per capita seafood has doubled since the 1960s and should double by 2050, seafood fraud becoming an increasing global concern.

Seafood fraud goes from the substitution of high value species with cheaper alternatives to the use of unauthorized or not declared additives. It can occur at any stage of the supply chain, especially since surveillance and traceability become more difficult due to the increasingly complex supply chains.

To make sure that seafood fraud does not slip through the net, national and international food control systems need robust and adjusted analytical methods

Nuclear technology

A joint project between the organization of food and agriculture (Fao) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) should use nuclear technology to counter seafood fraud.

Thanks to its FAO / IAEA spouse center for nuclear techniques in food and agriculture, IEA is launching a coordinated five -year research project to help countries strengthen food control systems to detect and prevent seafood fraud.

The IAEA will use nuclear and related techniques to strengthen scientific capacity, ensure the authenticity of products and improve resilience and transparency in seafood supply chains.

“This AIAA project offers Member States a precious opportunity to collaborate in the fight against fraud and the deactivation of the seafood supply chain using solid tools based on nuclear science,” said Debashish Mazumder of the Australian organization of science and nuclear technology, a key partner in AIEA on sustainable development problems.

Underestimated in truth with atoms

The IAEA security and food control laboratory helps countries apply nuclear and related analysis techniques to facilitate safe and authentic seafood trade, offering powerful tools for fraud detection.

One of the most effective methods for countering seafood fraud is the stable analysis of isotopic ratios of light elements such as oxygen, which allows scientists to identify the geographical origin of fish and to check whether it has been wildly taken by reflecting the environmental and ecological conditions in the biological tissues of the fish.

Used to authenticate seafood, nuclear technology serves as a powerful tool to combat seafood fraud, improve consumer protection, increase confidence in food control systems and support Fisherfolk to engage in sustainable management of aquatic resources.

Burning sectarian clashes broke out in the South governorate, also known as AS-Sweida, in July and early August and children and families continue to feel the impact.

At least 22 children were reportedly killed and 21 others injured in violence, which caused significant damage to civil infrastructure. More than 190,000 people, mainly women and children, were forced to flee their homes.

The essential services have also been disrupted. At least five health centers have been struck, two doctors killed, while the ambulances were obstructed or attacked.

“A welcome stage”

Unicef The deputy representative of Syria, Zeinab Adam, described the situation as “tragic and deeply alarming”.

“Given the continuous needs of children and families affected, The increased efforts of the interim authorities to facilitate access to those who needed it were a welcome step” She said.

UNICEF was part of the first UN inter-aging convoy to Sweida which arrived at the end of July.

Adam said that the agency “delivered rescue supplies and had a rapid assessment on the ground to ensure a faster and stronger response to the growing crisis”. said.

Food and medicine shortages

The fighting caused critical damage to vital infrastructure, water, electricity and fuel. In addition, food, medicine and other essential elements remain rare due to continuous insecurity and access constraints.

In response, UNICEF has deployed 14 mobile health and nutrition teams. The teams have also provided vital health and nutrition supplies to more than 4,000 children and women, as well as drinking water and fuel for water pumping stations benefiting more than 30,000 people.

Call to access

“” To ensure an effective response, it is essential that humanitarian actors and commercial products have unhindered access To the most affected communities, ”said Adam.

“This will allow the immediate supply of basic social services, including food, water and other essential supplies, to those who need urgent.”

She added that “the facilitation of this access is not only vital for vital interventions, but also to restore a minimum level of stability and protection in these communities”.

Meanwhile, UNICEF remains on the ground in Sweida and will continue to plead for children there and through Syria.

“Sport gives me a feeling of belonging as a girl. When I play, it affirms my right to play sports and exposes me to greater opportunities, “she said.

This is what sport should represent for young people around the world. However, a new campaign supported by the International Organization for Migration (Iom) strives to counter a darker side of the industry of several billion dollars – by ending children’s trafficking through sports.

‘Gateway to exploitation’

“” Sport should be a source of joy and success, not a gateway to the exploitation. However, traffickers attack the ambitions of young athletes, using false promises to attract them to abuse and deception, “said Ugochi Daniels, the Iom Deputy Director General of Operations.

Out of around 50 million people worldwide who are subject In abuse of traffic, 38% of them are children. And among these children victims, 11% are treated with false promises.

In the sport industry, it takes many forms, including joining false sports academies or by signing what seems to be professional contracts.

For many young people like Saido, sport can be a path of disadvantaged history. Saido, for example, dreams of seeing more Somali women and refugees playing in international professional leagues.

“I want to see a basketball academy full of Somali girls and other girls from different communities here in Kakuma. I want to see Somali girls playing basketball at WNBA, “said Saido, referring to the best women’s league in the United States.

But these dreams and their disadvantaged history, according to the campaign, can also make them particularly vulnerable to the false promises of traffickers.

Do not ignore the risks

Work alongside mission 89 – an organization which fights against the exploitation of young athletes – IOM calls stakeholders within the sports industry of $ 1.2 Billion of dollars to strengthen the protective mechanisms.

This includes the reform of recruitment strategies contrary to ethics which can be exploited by traffickers and offer education to the entire industry on the harm and risks of trafficking.

In addition to these tangible changes, the campaign also calls on industry leaders to sign commitments that do not declare zero tolerance of the scourge.

“” While we continue to celebrate the power of sport, we cannot ignore the risks encountered by young athletesSaid Lerina Bright, founder and executive director of mission 89.

“This campaign consists in ensuring that each child who dreams in sport is safe, supported and never exploited.”