Sudan is top of IRC's 2025 Emergency Watchlist: 30m people - over half of Sudan’s population - are in need

SUDAN: Statement by David Miliband
President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Press Release Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday 11 September 2025. Excerpts:

After visiting Sudan from 7-11th September, David Miliband said,

"Sudan is top of the IRC’s 2025 Emergency Watchlist for good reason. 30 million people - over half of Sudan’s population - are in humanitarian need and this week I got to meet some of them in River Nile state. ...

"Like many of our clients, many of our 400 national staff are part of the largest displacement crisis in the world. The war, now in its third year, is a catastrophe of staggering proportions: the world’s largest hunger crisis, largest humanitarian crisis, largest displacement crisis, and yet one too often put in the “too difficult” box by global politics. The scale of suffering should jolt the conscience of the international community. Instead, this crisis is one of the most underfunded worldwide, and has been met by diplomatic stasis. ...

"The international community cannot continue to look away. Last year, of the 16,000 words uttered by the permanent members of the UN Security Council at the opening plenary of the UN General Assembly, the word “Sudan” was only mentioned 8 times. As we approach this year’s UNGA, Sudan must move from the margins of diplomatic discussion to the center of the agenda. That means unified pressure behind a single peace track, meaningful action to protect civilians and humanitarian access, and—critically—new, flexible funding to meet the scale of need. Sudanese civilians are paying the price of international inaction. The time to stand with them is now.

View full statement: https://www.rescue.org/press-release/sudan-statement-david-miliband-president-and-ceo-international-rescue-committee
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