Camille Knight welcomed Dirk Segaar, the IFRC Special Envoy for Sudan.
Sudan's humanitarian crisis is one of the defining yet least visible crises of the twenty-first century.
According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Sudan's humanitarian crisis is the world's largest, with thirty-five million Sudanese requiring humanitarian assistance.
Sudanese in need of humanitarian assistance
Dirk Segaar argued that the conflict in Sudan can no longer be understood merely through the lens of shifting frontlines or military developments.
Segaar Warns of Systemic Societal Collapse
Segaar presented a picture of systemic societal collapse in Sudan, saying the war has hollowed out public services, displaced entire communities, and accelerated disease.
He said the war has created conditions where humanitarian need extends far beyond the active battlefields, and that Sudan is not simply a conflict zone but a nation experiencing the cumulative breakdown of its social, economic and institutional fabric.
Sudan is a nation experiencing the cumulative breakdown of its social, economic and institutional fabric.
The Red Cross has urged international aid and warned that shrinking humanitarian support could threaten efforts to support communities trying to rebuild lives.
