Volker Perthes, who had continued to work outside Sudan, said the fighting shows no sign of abating, with neither side appearing close to ‘a decisive military victory.’
The UN special envoy for Sudan who was declared unwelcome by the country’s military rulers resigned Wednesday in a final speech to the UN Security Council, warning that the conflict between Sudan’s rival military leaders “could be morphing into a full-scale civil war.”
At least 5,000 people have been killed since then and over 12,000 wounded, Perthes said, while calling the figures conservative and saying the actual number “is likely much higher.” The fighting has forced 4.1 million people to flee their homes to other places in Sudan and more than 1 million to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, Wosornu said, stressing that displacement and insecurity “have driven cases of sexual violence to distressing levels.”
In announcing his resignation, Perthes, who was appointed as special representative for Sudan in January 2021, urged the warring sides to end the fighting and warned them “they cannot operate with impunity.”Guterres told a news conference that he had accepted Perthes’ resignation, saying, without elaborating, that the envoy “has very strong reasons to resign.”
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield sharply criticized Sudan’s military leaders for threatening to end the UN political mission in Sudan known as UNITAMS if Perthes addressed the Security Council, calling the threats “unacceptable” and declaring that “No country should be allowed to threaten this council’s ability to carry out its responsibilities for peace and security.”
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