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US: ICRC President calls on political actors to resolve South Sudan political crisis

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NEW YORK, US, September 21 (Infosplusgabon) - In an address to world leaders at a high-level side event of the UN General Assembly, ICRC President Peter Maurer has called on political actors, including regional powers, to resolve the political crisis at the centre of the suffering in South Sudan.

 

"The humanitarian situation in South Sudan today is rapidly deteriorating, spiralling further and further out of control. The numbers of people affected run into the millions and comprise a significant proportion of the country's population," Mr. Maurer said. "The impact of the conflict has gone far beyond the frontlines of war: sparking food shortages, an economic crisis and causing a massive displacement of people."

 

ICRC said the numbers associated with South Sudan's violence reveal the level of brutality being carried out against civilians. Of the country's population of 12 million, one in three residents has been displaced, while one in two is severely hungry and in need of food assistance. Nearly 2 million people have fled across South Sudan's borders, and 2 million more are internally displaced.

 

"I grow increasingly concerned at the violations of International Humanitarian Law by all sides and the brutality being dealt out to civilians," Mr Maurer added on Wednesday. "Indiscriminate attacks, targeted killings, forced disappearances, systematic rape and other forms of sexual violence are the realities of life in war-torn South Sudan."

 

ICRC said it is gravely concerned about the humanitarian situation which is rapidly deteriorating and is having a widespread impact across the country.

 

"The fact remains that our work is unsustainable if political actors, including regional powers, do not step up to resolve the political crisis at the centre of the suffering," Mr. Maurer said. "Without an engaged and determined effort to reignite the political process and a durable cease-fire, the humanitarian situation will only continue to deteriorate."

 

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/OIL/MRE/GABON 2017

 

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