Ceasefire agreements have repeatedly broken down since the clashes began, fighting has continued in spite of the ongoing talks between delegations from both parties.
The United Nations Human Rights (UNHR) Council will hold a special session on Thursday at the request of Germany and other countries due to the ongoing fighting in Sudan.
Fighting first broke out in Sudan in mid-April, after a long-simmering power struggle erupted between de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, who heads the paramilitary RSF.
Ceasefire agreements have repeatedly broken down since the clashes began, fighting has continued in spite of the ongoing talks between delegations from both parties.
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The United Nations estimates that more than 700,000 people have been displaced by the conflict.
According to diplomatic sources, “the purpose of the meeting is to condemn the violence and to call for the respect of human rights and international humanitarian law.
“Many countries are opposed to addressing problems in individual countries because they see it as meddling in domestic affairs.
“As a result, it is unclear whether a proposed resolution would receive the required majority in the Council, which has 47 member countries,” the source said.
Sudan is already one of the poorest countries in the world before the latest conflict, with some 19 million people threatened by hunger there.
