Humanitarian access and freedom of movement for health care workers remain critical to scale up responses in Sudan and neighboring countries.
PARIS/NEW YORK, April 15, 2024 — A pledging conference in Paris, held to coincide with the one-year milestone of the conflict in Sudan, has raised pledges of 2 billion euros, or about $2.1 billion, which is gravely inadequate for the scale of the needs of those affected by the violence.
Claire Nicolet, MSF emergencies manager for Sudan, made the following statement:
“Today's conference in Paris has helped shine a spotlight on what has become a deeply neglected crisis, and although it is positive that so many countries have shown support, 2 billion euros is nowhere near enough to meet the vast and growing needs within Sudan and neighboring countries.
The UN appealed for $4.1 billion in total, so today’s outcome has fallen short. The pledges will likely help scale up the humanitarian response in areas under Sudanese Armed Forces control, but with the current blockade on the movement of supplies and personnel into areas under Rapid Support Forces control, it will mean that millions of people will remain without assistance.
