Sudan: OCHA Appeals to Security Council for Urgent Action to Fight Famine

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Joyce Msuya, acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Thank you, Mr. President.

The humanitarian situation in Sudan remains an absolute catastrophe.

A staggering 26 million people are in acute hunger. That’s the equivalent of New York City times three – full of starving families and malnourished children.