Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, who visited Sudan, which has been in conflict for 18 months with the paramilitary Rapid Support Force, reported that 11 million people have been internally displaced due to the conflict, 3.1 million people have fled the country, civilians, mostly women and girls, between the ages of 8 and 75 are subject to sexual assault, there is a danger of human trafficking and slavery, and there is a major hunger problem.
“The international community made generous commitments at a conference held in Paris last April. However, only 52 percent of these have been funded. IOM has been able to help nearly 3 million people since the war began, and only 20 percent of our plan is funded. With the right amount of funding, we can do a lot. But as long as the war continues, our progress will always be limited,” said Pope, also mentioning that protecting civilians and providing access to aid is the obligation of parties to the conflict.
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