Ministerial-Level Briefing on Sudan at the UN Security Council Thursday

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The UN Security Council will hold an open briefing on Sudan today (Thursday) after the United Kingdom, as the Sudan penholder and current chair of the Council for February, elevated the meeting to the ministerial level.
A report distributed by the Council’s media website states that the meeting is expected to be chaired by the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Yvette Cooper. The Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace-Building Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, and the Director of the Crisis Response Division at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Edem Wosorno, are also expected to brief the Council on the issue.
The media report indicates that the Council will also hear from a civil society representative who will address the situation of women in the context of the conflict in Sudan, including the high rate of conflict-related sexual violence. Sudan is expected to participate in the session, along with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, in accordance with Article 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.
The Council’s website referenced the report issued on February 13 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), indicating that it would be present in the deliberations and comments of the members.
The website noted that the Human Rights Council report addressed the Rapid Support Forces’ attack in late October 2025 on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, which resulted in its capture.
According to the OHCHR report, documented patterns indicate that the Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias launched a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of the city. The OHCHR’s monitoring indicated that the Rapid Support Forces(RSF) and allied militias committed acts that may amount to war crimes, including murder, deliberately targeting civilians and civilian objects, indiscriminate attacks, rape, and other forms of sexual violence.

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