Sudan bald "größte humanitäre Katastrophe"

Das Morden, Hungern und Leiden im Sudan geht unvermindert weiter. Appelle klingen hilflos und bleiben folgenlos.

Die Lage im Sudan, ganz besonders in Darfur, verschlimmert sich täglich und ein Ende des Metzelns ist nicht in Sicht. Das Welternährungsprogramm warnt, der Sudan könne bald zur "größten humanitären Katastrophe" werden. Dies wäre ein neuer Negativrekord, denn inzwischen ist es schon das Land mit den meisten Binnenflüchtlingen.

In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” McCain stressed the importance of “safe and unfettered access” for the organization to deliver food to the war-torn country.

“Sudan has the real possibility of becoming the world’s largest humanitarian crisis,” McCain said. “We cannot get food in — we can barely get food in — we certainly aren’t getting it in at scale, and you see the results of what can happen if people aren’t fed.”

McCain noted that the situation is likely to get more difficult in the coming months, saying, “We’re also coming into the lean season, which makes it very difficult many times for our trucks to even operate if they can get in.”

“We need more crossings. We need safe and unfettered access,” she said, comparing the obstacles in Sudan to the ones WFP faces in delivering food to Gazans.

“Bottom line is people are going to starve to death unless we get in there,” she added.

McCain stressed the potential consequences if the world ignores the crisis unfolding in Sudan.

“Sudan is a forgotten crisis, and its implications being a destabilizing factor in that region, can have catastrophic effects as it comes down the line,” she said. “So it’s really imperative that we get the crossings open, that we have safe access, that the various factions, understand that we are, you know, we’re humanitarian, and we need to have the access.”