The senior OCHA official reiterated, "we need unhindered and unfettered humanitarian access to the people who needs us the most." Wosornu said, "reports of ethnic-based violence in West Darfur are extremely alarming, with numerous civilians killed or wounded," adding that "the intense fighting and difficult operating environment are constraining our ability to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance, which is urgently required - this is only deepening the suffering of people there." She added that 80 per cent of hospitals across the country are not functioning, and that 14 million children in Sudan – half of all children in the country - need humanitarian support." She said that the situation is particularly alarming in Khartoum, as well as Darfur and Kordofan regions. The United States, which serves as this month’s security council president, called on parties to “put down their weapons." Humanitarian emergencyīriefing the Council as well was Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee who briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan called for a return to negotiations.
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