Australia will provide additional assistance to address famine and widespread humanitarian needs in Sudan, which now faces the world\u2019s largest hunger crisis and the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over half the population in Sudan live with acute hunger, and the ongoing conflict continues to threaten civilians. For the first time globally since 2017, famine has been declared in areas of North Darfur. Over 11 million people have fled their homes since the conflict started in April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia will provide an additional $17 million, which brings Australia\u2019s total humanitarian assistance to Sudan and neighbouring countries since the outbreak of the conflict to $50 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to today’s announcement, we welcome the recent release of funds from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which Australia supports. We also welcome the release of funds from the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies Disaster Response Emergency Fund to Sudan, to which Australia contributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia condemns the appalling violence in Sudan including towards civilians and aid workers. We call on all parties to make progress on negotiations and agree a permanent ceasefire.<\/p> \u201c2024 is the deadliest year on record for aid workers – 26 have been killed in Sudan this year. Australia is working to galvanise international commitment to protect aid workers and ensure safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian support.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe conflict in Sudan is taking a heavy toll on civilians, with more than half the population living with extreme shortages of food.<\/p> \u201cAustralia stands with the people of Sudan. Our humanitarian funding will provide critical aid for people affected by this appalling conflict.<\/p> \u201cToday\u2019s announcement brings Australia\u2019s total humanitarian assistance to Sudan and neighbouring countries to $50 million since the outbreak of the conflict in April 2023.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Tim Watts MP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSudan is now both the world\u2019s largest hunger crisis and the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis.<\/p> \u201cWe call on all parties to abide by international humanitarian law and enable safe and unimpeded access for aid workers to deliver lifesaving humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australia will provide additional assistance to address famine and widespread humanitarian needs in Sudan, which now faces the world\u2019s largest hunger crisis and the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis. Over half the population in Sudan live with acute hunger, and the ongoing conflict continues to threaten civilians. For the first time globally since 2017, famine has … Continue reading “Additional humanitarian assistance to Sudan”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30304,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303\/revisions\/30304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}