Khartoum, 17 April 2013. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Sudan, Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, welcomes the invitation of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) to the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) to engage in direct talks in Addis Ababa and hopes that the talks will commence as soon as possible. Mr. Al-Za’tari appeals to the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-N to put the humanitarian situation at the top of the agenda for these talks.

Khartoum, 27 March 2013. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, is extremely concerned by the continued abduction of Sudanese civilians travelling from Zalingei in Central Darfur to Nyala, South Darfur, to attend a conference on internal displacement. Whoever abducted them has committed an unforgivable crime. Mr. Al-Za’tari urges the immediate release of those civilians and hopes that the combined efforts of the Government of Sudan and UNAMID will ensure their safe return.

Over 100,000 people are estimated to have been displaced or severely affected by the fighting between the Northern Reizegat and the Beni Hussein ethnic groups.

Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has allocated US $ 76.81 million to 158 projects (170 allocations) across Sudan in 2012 as of 30 November 2012.

The CHF offers rapid and flexible funding to support immediate and high priority humanitarian action. In 2012 the fund continued to support both national and international non-governmental partners. This has ensured strengthened collaboration among partners, as well as supported local capacity building and empowered local response.

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign was launched.

Every day, women and girls face violence in the home, in communities, in conflicts, in aftermaths of natural disasters. It is estimated that up to 70 per cent of women and girls continue to suffer from violence or live in fear of it.

Khartoum, 11 October 2012. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, expressed his appreciation for the recent United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation of US$14 million to support life-saving underfunded projects in the Darfur region of Sudan. “This much needed CERF allocation helps to close a critical gap in funding for the humanitarian response in Darfur,” said Mr. Al-Za’tari.

On behalf of the United Nations and its partners in Sudan, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators a.i. wish to express their profound sympathies to the Government and the people of Sudan following the tragic plane crash in Talodi on 19 August which claimed the lives of the Sudanese Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, Mr. Ghazi al-Sadiq Abdel Rahim, and all the other 31 passengers on board.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators a.i. pass on their sincere condolences to the families of all those who lost their lives.

Khartoum, 9 August 2012.

PRESS RELEASE

Khartoum- July 2, 2012

The Government of Sudan and the United Nations signed today the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for the Republic of Sudan 2013-2016. The signing of this framework culminated joint efforts exerted by UN Agencies and all relative line ministries under the leadership of both the UN Country Team and the Ministry of International Cooperation.