People in Sudan are being failed by the international community, more than anywhere else in the world, the UN’s aid chief.
Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told HARDTalk there was a “devastating difference” between the amount of help people in the war-zone need and what they’re actually getting:
Quote Message: It doesn’t make the headlines on a daily basis. [It’s] very, very difficult to get media attention to Sudan.
It doesn’t make the headlines on a daily basis. [It’s] very, very difficult to get media attention to Sudan.
Quote Message: And yet, I believe Sudan is the place in the world where we, as a humanitarian community, is failing more than elsewhere to reach people in need.
And yet, I believe Sudan is the place in the world where we, as a humanitarian community, is failing more than elsewhere to reach people in need.
Quote Message: About 3.5 million people are getting aid in Sudan right now through NGOs, UN agencies and others. [But] 18 million are in need of assistance.
About 3.5 million people are getting aid in Sudan right now through NGOs, UN agencies and others. [But] 18 million are in need of assistance.
Quote Message: So it’s a devastating difference.
So it’s a devastating difference.
Quote Message: Sudan doesn’t get attention. I’ve said to myself and to others frequently that one of the major impacts of Ukraine around the world… is about attention.”
Sudan doesn’t get attention. I’ve said to myself and to others frequently that one of the major impacts of Ukraine around the world… is about attention.”