Secretary-General Statements

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General The Secretary-General welcomes today’s initialing in Juba of a peace agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) and Sudan Liberation Army led by Minni Minawi.  

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the increasing violence in many parts of the Darfur region of Sudan, notably the attacks in West Darfur on 25 July and in North Darfur on 13 July, in which dozens of people were killed and more than 1,500 houses burned, leaving thousands displaced and in dire need of humanitarian assistance.    

The Srebrenica genocide was the worst atrocity crime on European soil since the Second World War. Twenty-five years later, we pay tribute to the thousands brutally murdered — and pledge to never forget them. We share the grief of their families, including those whose family members are still missing. And we re-affirm our solidarity with the survivors. A quarter century ago, the United Nations and the international community failed the people of Srebrenica. As former Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, this failure will “haunt our history forever”.

Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Permettez-moi de commencer par exprimer toute ma solidarité avec les pays et les peuples du Sahel. La situation dans la région demeure l’une des priorités et préoccupations majeures de l’Organisation des Nations Unies. Le Sahel a déjà trop souffert. Depuis quelques mois, la pandémie du COVID-19 vient s’ajouter aux risques liés au changement climatique, à la précarité économique et à la dégradation continue de la situation sécuritaire