Question 14920 — foreign policy

Summary

Ms Anna Pic questions the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs on the critical humanitarian situation in Sudan. This crisis, which has lasted for almost four years now and which is unfortunately overshadowed by other international conflicts, is nevertheless considered by the United Nations (UN) as “the worst humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world”. Indeed, since April 2023, the date of the triggering of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), more than 13 million people have been forced into displacement and 16.5 million children are deprived of access to education. Furthermore, while 70% of hospitals are no longer operational, serious diseases such as dengue fever, malaria and cholera are spreading dangerously. So, in the space of a few years However, the war has set back the Sudanese economy and nearly 34 million people, half of whom are children, are now in need of urgent humanitarian aid. In this context, Sudan cannot face such a catastrophe alone. The UN Humanitarian Response Plan 2026, which requires $2.9 billion to help more than 20 million people, is only 16% funded to date. and, even if it constitutes an essential first response, nevertheless remains insufficient in relation to the needs. Thus, at the end of the Berlin International Confederation on Sudan, organized on April 15, 2026 and co-chaired by France, the European Union and its Member States announced a contribution of 811 million euros, while international donors committed 1.5 billion euros. However, these commitments once again fall short of the necessary financing. This is why she asks him what additional actions the French Government intends to implement, on the one hand, to help fill the humanitarian funding gap and, on the other hand, to strengthen France's diplomatic action in favor of a cessation of hostilities and safe, unhindered and effective humanitarian access to the populations. Sudanese civilians.

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