Mr President, in Sudan, over 12 million people have been displaced. Epidemics and famine are spreading. Essential infrastructure has collapsed. Refugees find closed borders and degrading conditions.
And yet, the international community, including the EU, is largely ignoring this war; a horrific war that is the toxic result of illegal gold trafficking, of a popular revolution crushed in blood, of a betrayed democratic transition of armed militias sustained by regional and international powers.
Now, Sudan is flooded with weapons coming from all over the world. The EU itself, under the Valletta action plan aimed at stopping migration, used to provide the military equipment. The Emirates are supplying weapons to the RSF, including weapons purchased from the EU.
This must stop. Arms sales to all parties must end. Disarmament is a necessary condition to break the spiral of violence. The current arms embargo, limited to Darfur, is not enough. It must be extended to the whole Sudan.
Let's support the civil society and the diaspora. Let's support those who carried out the revolution.