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What changed between the resolution motion and the resolution motion joint
From · resolution motion· 15 Jan 2024
on the threat of famine following the spread of conflict in Sudan
To · resolution motion joint· 17 Jan 2024
on the threat of famine following the spread of the conflict in Sudan
Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
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Change 1
Removed:having regard to the statement made on 27 November 2023 by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Removed:having regard to UN Security Council resolution 2715 adopted on 1 December 2023,
Change 2
Removed:A. whereas parties to the conflict in Sudan continue their fight over the control of the state and its resources since April 2023;
Added:A. whereas the violent conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces continues to be the main driver of life-threatening and acute food insecurity in Sudan, affecting 18 million people, 5 million of whom are at emergency levels of hunger;
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Changed:B. whereas this conflict isover causing7.5 decliningmillion humanitarianpeople conditions,have andbeen theforcibly displacementdisplaced ofin 7.5Sudan millionand peoplebeyond, asleading ofto Januarysevere 2024,suffering, 6in millionparticular ofamong whichwomen withinand Sudan;children; whereas Sudan is now the country withhas the largest number of displaced people in the world;
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Removed:C. whereas the health system is collapsing, with outbreaks of diseases, nearly half of Sudan’s population are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection; whereas the conflict expanded to grain-producing areas, leading to a lack of cultivation;
Added:C. whereas around 12 000 people have been killed in the conflict; whereas ethnically motivated attacks, against the Masalit community in particular, have increased in Darfur and throughout the country, seriously increasing the risk of ethnic cleansing; whereas sexual violence has been systematically used;
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Changed:D. whereas Sudan is now facing athe deepeningconflict famine,has withdramatically overexacerbated 37%shortages of Sudan’sbasic populationsupplies facingand hunger;fuel whereasin theareas countrywith hasconstrained beenhumanitarian elevatedaccess; towhereas the list of highest concern level countriesconflict inhas theexpanded WFP/FAOto Hungergrain-producing Hotspotareas; andwhereas the country registershas the highest rate of child malnutrition globally;
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Removed:E. whereas on 11 May 2023 the “Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan” was agreed on by the parties to the conflict; whereas negotiation efforts brokered by the United States, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) on behalf of the African Union in the fall of 2023 failed to produce results and no ceasefire agreements from previous negotiations were upheld, with the fighting persisting, particularly in Khartoum and Darfur;
Added:E. whereas assaults on humanitarian workers and infrastructure have led organisations to suspend operations, thus disrupting food security;
Removed:1. Calls on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities, facilitate humanitarian access, including by fulfilling their Jeddah commitments, and to seek a negotiated solution to the conflict; calls on external parties to the conflict to refrain from interferences fomenting conflict and instability, and instead to support efforts for a durable peace;
Added:F. whereas the Commission mobilised over EUR 128 million for its humanitarian response in Sudan in 2023;
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Removed:2. Underlines the need to assure equitable access to humanitarian relief for civilians who are experiencing ongoing fighting and shortages of food, water and fuel, limited communications and electricity, and very high prices of essential items;
Added:1. Strongly condemns the ongoing violence between the rival armed factions in Sudan, the human rights violations and the resulting food insecurity; deplores the repeated attacks against civilians and reminds all factions of their obligations under international law;
Removed:3. Urges all parties of the conflict to act to avert a hunger catastrophe in the upcoming lean season to help the nearly 18 million people across Sudan who are facing acute food insecurity;
Added:2. Calls on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities, to facilitate safe, timely and unhindered humanitarian access, including by fulfilling their Jeddah commitments, and to seek a negotiated peaceful resolution to the conflict; fully supports all regional and international efforts in this regard; calls on the external parties to the conflict to refrain from interferences that contribute to the conflict and instability;
Removed:4. Calls for all parties to give safe, timely and unhindered access to the World Food Programme and other humanitarian actors, as they cannot safely access people in the worst-affected conflict zones;
Added:3. Underlines the need to ensure equitable access to humanitarian relief for civilians who are subject to ongoing fighting, shortages of food, water and fuel, limited communications and electricity, and very high prices for essential items;
Removed:5. Condemns violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by the conflicting parties, leading to the loss of thousands of lives;
Added:4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to increase emergency funding for the humanitarian response throughout Sudan and its neighbouring countries; underlines the need for specific support for survivors of sexual violence, including protection, care, treatment and support mechanisms;
Added:5. Calls for the EU to sanction those responsible for human rights violations under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime; calls on the UN Security Council to sanction violations of the UN arms embargo on Darfur and to expand this embargo throughout the country;