NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for its continued assaults and atrocities in Sudan.
Council members “strongly condemned” the RSF’s continued assault and destabilization in the Kordofan region and “all forms of violations and abuses committed against the civilian population,” including reports of arbitrary detention and conflict-related sexual violence, stressing that “such acts may constitute war crimes and be crimes against humanity.”
They also condemned “all atrocities, including those reportedly perpetrated by the RSF in El-Fasher, including systematic killings, mass displacement, summary executions, arbitrary detentions and ethnically motivated targeting,” and called for all perpetrators of abuses and violations to be held accountable.
The UNSC expressed deep concern over continued violence across Sudan, including in Kordofan and Darfur, and called on the parties to the conflict to “immediately halt the fighting.”
Council members also strongly condemned reports of repeated drone attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian personnel, premises and assets, including multiple attacks affecting the World Food Programme since the start of February.
