Sudan’s FM Tells Human Rights Council: States Concerned About El Obied Situation Should Urge Militia Sponsors to Cease Supplying Military Equipment
Geneva – Sudanhorizon
The Sudanese Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mohi El-Din Salem, has called on the states that requested the special session of the Human Rights Council regarding the developments in El Obeid to take a more direct and effective stance by “sending a strong and urgent message to the state sponsoring the Rapid Support Forces militia, demanding that it immediately cease supplying them with advanced military equipment and strategic drones used to bomb cities and civilian infrastructure.”
In his address to the special session held here on Friday, the Sudanese minister emphasized that the events in El Fasher “clearly demonstrate that resolutions and statements alone mean nothing to a criminal militia that flaunts its contempt for the decisions of the international community and disregards them completely.
The militia’s continued attacks on El Obeid and its surrounding areas, targeting civilian and service facilities and infrastructure, represent a direct continuation of the open war it has waged against the state and the people since its failure to seize power forcefully.”
The minister reiterated Sudan’s appeal to the international community to expedite the designation of the Rapid Support Forces militia as a terrorist group, given that it has fulfilled all the legal and practical criteria for such a designation according to the definition of terrorism and terrorist acts.
The Foreign Minister affirmed the Sudanese government’s openness and readiness to engage positively with all sincere initiatives aimed at ending this proxy war, provided they are consistent with the roadmap submitted by the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council to the United Nations in March 2025, and with the Sudanese government’s peace initiative submitted by the Prime Minister to the Security Council in December 2025. This initiative is based on dismantling militias, collecting their weapons, and consolidating them in agreed-upon areas, paving the way for security arrangements, including a ceasefire, and a Sudanese-led, nationally owned political process. The government also welcomed any support from the United Nations and international and regional partners.
Salem emphasized that the Sudanese government’s cooperation with UN mechanisms, including the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sudan and the designated expert, reflects a genuine national commitment to protecting human rights, and is not merely a response to external demands. He stressed that state institutions and mechanisms responsible for achieving justice, providing redress to victims, and preventing impunity are operating with integrity and efficiency.
The minister reiterated that Obiied will remain proud and steadfast in the face of the militia’s targeting and its sponsor, and will not fall.
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