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Tiistai 21. tammikuuta 2025-Strasbourg

16. Humanitaarinen kriisi Sudanissa (keskustelu)
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ʰšŧŧ. – Nākamais darba kārtības punkts ir debates par Komisijas paziņojumu par humanitāro krīzi Sudānā ().

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Magnus Brunner, Member of the Commission. – Mr President, honourable Members, today we are witnessing a tragedy that should haunt the conscience of the world. Sudan is not merely in crisis, it is a nation in freefall, grappling with the largest displacement emergency on the planet.

The numbers tell the tragic story: more than 15million people uprooted from their homes; cities emptied; villages abandoned; families torn apart; 11.5 million Sudanese are now internally displaced, and 3.5 million have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. These are not just numbers: these are lives – lives scarred by unimaginable hardship, tragedy and despair, and the scale of suffering in Sudan is staggering.The global humanitarian overview for 2025 named Sudan as the country with the most people in need worldwide – over 30million. To put this in perspective, Sudan accounts for 10% of all people requiring humanitarian aid across the world. Yet Sudan represents less than 1% of the world's population.

Honourable Members, Sudan is a catastrophe unfolding before our eyes, with a food and nutrition crisis of unprecedented proportions. The Famine Review Committee's report of December 2025 paints a horrific picture: more than 24million people – over half the population – are acutely food‑insecure, with over 8million in emergency conditions and over 638000 in IPC phase5, a famine‑level catastrophe.

The situation is getting worse. Five areas, including North Darfur and the western Nuba mountains, are in famine. Five more are projected to follow by May of this year. Imagine the despair of a mother unable to feed her child. Imagine communities watching as entire generations are lost to hunger and malnutrition. This is not just a crisis, it is a heartbreaking catastrophe. There is no other word for that.

Sudan is also the epicentre of the largest protection crisis in the world. The conflict has unleashed appalling human rights violations, particularly in Darfur, Khartoum and Al Jazirah. Reports of mass killings, indiscriminate shelling and the systemic use of sexual violence are horrifying. Just last October, mass atrocities in Al Jazirah highlighted the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. And these violations are not just crimes against individuals, they are crimes against humanity. Just last week, indiscriminate shelling in Khartoum claimed the lives of at least 120people. This must stop.

Of course, civilians are not targets, humanitarian actors are not targets, and aid workers are not targets. They must be protected. Every violation of humanitarian law is a scar on our shared humanity. Despite these horrors, our humanitarian partners are beacons of hope for the people of Sudan. They are selfless. Dedication saves lives. They are truly the unsung heroes. But their work is being hindered at every turn – access constraints, deliberate obstructions and bureaucratic hurdles imposed by warring parties. These are stopping aid from reaching the most desperate. To save lives and feed the starving, humanitarian workers must have safe, unimpeded and uninterrupted access both within Sudan and across its borders.

The European Union stands with the people of Sudan in these dark hours. Last year we provided nearly EUR260million to the humanitarian response. We mobilised logistics support, air bridges and sea freight to deliver critical aid. We co-hosted high‑level events to give a voice to Sudan's most vulnerable and to shine a global light on the crisis. But we must do more. Of course, Sudan's suffering has got lost in the shadows, hidden from the world's gaze. We simply cannot allow that to continue. We will therefore continue to advocate for Sudan, continue to organise events and push for increased humanitarian access.

Honourable Members, the tragedy unfolding today in Sudan is a moral test, I would say, for all of us. Will we look away or will we take actions against famine, against displacement, against violation of human dignity and against global silence? The people of Sudan need more than our compassion: they need food; they need water; they need shelter; and they need safety. And they need their stories to be heard and their rights defended. They need hope. Let's make sure their cries for help do not echo into the void, but resonate across the world today. Let's renew our commitment to the people of Sudan.

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Lukas Mandl, on behalf of the PPE Group. – Mr President, thank you, thank you Commissioner for your clear words on this urgent and important issue, dear colleagues.

This is one of the examples where we need a Europe stronger to the outside, meaning a Europe that can help when help is needed, and the Europe that pays attention where attention is needed.

I am in strong contact with the World Food Programme experts and officials. World Food Programme was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize a few years ago, as many of you might know, and these experts have a very clear view on things.

And they warn all of us, especially the European Union and the whole world, that this could become a so-called forgotten crisis while children are suffering. 14 million children are suffering from malnutrition. Just to imagine of what dimension this crisis would be, and the World Food Programme is dealing with it properly, but can't do it alone. Also, the European Union will not be able to do it alone. But if we mean it when we talk about European values, we really have to act.

And this is also an example for what global gateway, a very important project undertaken by the new European Commission, can be about. It's not only about this or the other sector of business. Of course it is connected to business because we can help when our economy is strong. But global gateway also means that we will help. We will reach out our hand, we will connect, and we will interact all over the world with those who help.

And there's also one other reason why it is important. Because if we allow to happen what's happening there, then other evil powers in other parts of the world who don't care for human lives, who don't care for children, would also seek for achieving their goals and objectives via violence and even worse, not caring for other people. That's why we have to act. That's why we talk in the European Ϸվ's plenary, which is an important step forward. And this is why we are together in this and will act after talking.

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Marit Maij, namens de S&D-Fractie. – Voorzitter, de situatie in Soedan verslechtert snel. 3,5miljoen mensen zijn het land uit gevlucht en 11,5miljoen mensen zijn ontheemd in het land zelf. Dat is een half miljoen meer dan drie maanden geleden, toen wij ook over Soedan spraken. De helft van het land loopt het risico op acute honger. Honger wordt, zoals de commissaris al zei, gebruikt als oorlogswapen, evenals seksueel geweld, met name in de vorm van de verkrachting van meisjes en vrouwen.

De Verenigde Staten hebben twee van de leiders die verantwoordelijk zijn voor deze mensenrechtenschendingen gesanctioneerd: de leider van de Rapid Support Forces, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, en de leider van de Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan. De Europese Unie moet ook de sancties uitbreiden naar die personen, die verantwoordelijk zijn voor deze mensenrechtenschendingen.

Laten we meer hulp brengen aan slachtoffers van seksueel geweld en organisaties zoals vrouwenorganisaties financieren. Laten we de blokkade voor humanitaire hulp opheffen en de landen aanspreken die ervoor zorgen dat deze oorlog kan doorgaan. Er worden namelijk externe inputs geleverd om deze oorlog vast te houden.

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Barry Andrews, on behalf of the Renew Group. – Mr President, Commissioner, yesterday President Trump signed an executive order and he said that no further US aid would be disbursed unless it could be demonstrated to align with American interests.

Now, the European Union's development policy is heading in that direction. We have a geopolitical direction for the disbursement of aid and development aid, and that is becoming a central policy of the European Union. So we might sneer at President Trump for what he's doing, but we should also acknowledge that the ideological direction of European development policy right now is not very far distant from what President Trump has been doing.

And the Commissioner is right: we should be haunted by what's happening, we should be outraged. In August, a famine was declared. That should have been a game changer. Two weeks ago, the US State Department said that the conflicts there should be classified as a genocide, and yet the world seems a very much colder place.

So we can say whatever fine words – and I do respect your speech today, Commissioner – but if we are going to have a genuinely balanced foreign policy, we have to back it up with budgets. We have to back it up with a thoroughly enlightened development aid policy.

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Isabella Lövin, för Verts/ALE gruppen. – Herr talman! Krisen i Sudan är verkligen en fullständig tragedi och den svåraste humanitära krisen i världen någonsin. Det rapporteras om överfulla flyktingläger, etnisk rensning, dödande av civila, sexuella övergrepp och en snabbt närmande svältkatastrof.

FN varnar för folkmord, brott mot mänskligheten och krigsförbrytelser. Den interna flyktingkrisen är den största i världen med över 10miljoner människor på flykt. Samtidigt har World Food Programme konstaterat svält i Darfur och mer än 25miljoner människor lider av akut hungersnöd.

Ändå har krisen i Sudan inte fått samma uppmärksamhet i media som andra kriser. Det är verkligen en bortglömd kris, men det gör den inte mindre verklig. Vi måste ge civilbefolkningen i Sudan vårt stöd. EU måste göra mer för att skydda civila och införa sanktioner mot individer och grupper som begått allvarliga människorättsbrott. Vi måste tvinga länder som bryter vapenembargot att stoppa vapenleveranserna till stridande parter, öka stödet till offer för sexuellt våld och stödja ICC:s utredning av krigsbrott.

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Lynn Boylan, on behalf of The Left Group.A Uachtaráin, Commissioner, 30.4 million people in Sudan – that's half the population of the country – currently need humanitarian support, and 14.8 million have been displaced. The civilian population, as we have heard, are facing extreme violence, deprivation and famine conditions, and the sexual violence faced by Sudanese women must end.

The impact of this war on children is also particularly shameful. Children as young as eight have been raped, and almost 4 million children suffer from acute malnutrition. Over 2 million babies born during the past 20 months are at risk from the decimated healthcare system and the crisis levels of hunger.

Amnesty International has called for the arms embargo to be extended to the whole country, and we need to confront the fact that the military‑industrial complex is benefiting from the violence in Sudan, just like they have profited from the genocide in Gaza.

We should also recall that the peaceful revolution in Sudan only a few short years ago, where the civilian Forces of Freedom and Change alliance were not supported by the international community and were forced to share power with the military, saw democracy being snuffed out before it could truly begin.

A return to the politics of power has created a situation of unimaginable suffering in Sudan. We must ask ourselves why the democratic revolution was not supported. This is one of the direst humanitarian disasters in this century, and the EU must work to end the violence and meet the humanitarian needs of the Sudanese people, including those who seek refuge.

Finally, we must also look to our priorities. The EUR4.2 billion that is needed to meet the immediate humanitarian needs in Sudan is just a fraction of the USD2.4 trillion annual global military expenditure. We need to invest in peace, human rights, sustainable development and social justice, and not more money for the bottomless pit of militarism.

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Hannes Heide (S&D). – Mr President, Commissioner, the situation in Sudan has worsened again since our last discussions in October. Nearly 26 million people, more than half of the population, including millions of children, instantly need help. Violence, famine and displacement are their daily reality.

More than 8 million people are displaced within Sudan. Another 3 million have fled to neighbouring countries. The widespread violence against women and children is horrifying. The RSF's use of sexual violence, gang rape and abductions means nothing short of sexual slavery.

The EU and its Member States must act and strongly support peace negotiations between the conflict parties to end this crisis. We have to increase funding for humanitarian aid, ensuring protection, treatment and support for survivors. We need targeted sanctions against individuals and entities enabling these crimes, including those supplying arms and financial resources to the RSF. Furthermore, we must encourage international partners to adopt similar measures.

We must not wait any longer. Let's give the people of Sudan the hope and support they desperately need.

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Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew). – Mr President, Mr Commissioner, dear colleagues, the ongoing violence in Sudan and senseless war has gripped the nation and its people by suffering, displacement and fear. The status quo for almost two years now has been that of utter devastation and no one is safe. People are slaughtered on a daily basis, facing famine on a daily basis, fleeing on a daily basis. Women, men, children, mutilated, raped and abused.

But let's not be mistaken. This conflict is entirely manmade. On purpose. Further fuelled by outside influences due to greed and power politics, limited aid is entering. Because of that, our role as a European Union is to put pressure on regional powers for sustainable, long lasting peace and provide necessary humanitarian aid.

Too long we have been quiet,too long we have sought to withdraw our engagement from the region? Too long we have idly stood by while millions of people are displaced, thousands of them are killed.

Just how much longer can we wait? The EU must show leadership!

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Francisco Assis (S&D). – Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, o Sudão continua a não ter neste Parlamento a visibilidade que deveria ter. E o empenho da União Europeia na resolução desta guerra catastrófica continua, infelizmente, aquém do necessário, porque ninguém ignora que esta guerra é, provavelmente, nos tempos que correm, a mais mortífera de todas.

Apesar disso, a União Europeia parece alheada dos macabros interesses geopolíticos em jogo. Não há consequências para quem está a lucrar com a guerra e a pagar o armamento pesado usado indiscriminadamente em zonas civis. Os Estados Unidos aplicaram já sanções aos líderes das duas forças em conflito, bem como a fontes de financiamento ligadas aos Emirados Árabes Unidos. A União Europeia deve seguir pelo mesmo caminho: sancionar os criminosos de guerra e chamar os Emirados Árabes Unidos à responsabilidade.

O Sudão deveria ser uma das prioridades da política externa europeia, dada a dimensão da tragédia que o aflige. O facto de o não ser significa que, por comparação com outras regiões do mundo, a União Europeia, infelizmente, continua a olhar para África como uma espécie de nota de rodapé.

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Murielle Laurent (S&D). – Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, mes chers collègues, 150000morts, plus de 11millions dedéplacés, l’utilisation du viol comme arme de guerre, la qualification de «génocide» au Darfour par les États-Unis, ce n’est apparemment pas suffisant pour faire la une des journaux. C’est pourtant la terrible réalité de ce qui se passe depuis presque deux ans au Soudan.

Le débat de ce soir est donc essentiel, même si on peut déplorer son horaire avancé et la faible présence dans l’hémicycle. L’Union européenne doit faire pression sur les acteurs du conflit, y compris étrangers, pour rétablir la paix au Soudan. L’embargo sur les armes doit être respecté. Un accès effectif aux populations doit être garanti, et les organisations humanitaires doivent pouvoir faire leur travail. Nous avons les moyens diplomatiques, humains et financiers qui permettraient de mettre fin aux atrocités commises au Soudan. Il ne tient qu’à nous d’être à la hauteur et de dire aux Soudanais que nous ne les oublions pas.

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Nikos Papandreou (S&D). – Mr President, Commissioner, after years of conflict, Sudan suffers from what we must call the world's worst humanitarian disaster. We have spoken about the massacres and rapes, famine, cholera and malaria. Half the population is in dire need of aid.

Dear Commissioner, you are right to say that the EU has done a lot– over EUR200 million – and you also said we need to do more. Let me be a little practical: we need to pressure the African Union and the UN. The United Nations, unfortunately, has lost its legitimacy in Sudan. The African Union can deploy force to create safe areas, especially for the women who have been raped and abused and fallen victim to sexual violence. There also we can provide humanitarian aid, and there also we can provide the food and even cash. That would be something very practical that you could do.

Finally, dear Commissioner, we should also pressure the third‑party countries – this was mentioned earlier – in the Middle East to stop supporting the war in countries with money and with weapons. As you said, this is a fight for humanity, for their humanity, and in the end for our humanity. We are here, all of us in Ϸվ, to lead that fight.

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Leire Pajín (S&D). – Señor presidente, señor comisario, diezmillones de desplazados, veinticincomillones de personas que necesitan urgentemente ayuda humanitaria, una escalada de violencia sexual intolerable e inimaginable, zonas clasificadas como áreas de hambruna: estamos presenciando una catástrofe de dimensiones históricas.

Sudán es hoy, tristemente, la gran crisis olvidada, ignorada por la indiferencia de aquellos que pueden y deberían hacer algo. Sudán nos obliga a pensar, además, en cómo podemos mejorar nuestro sistema humanitario actual, porque necesitamos más recursos, con un nuevo marco financiero plurianual ambicioso en acción humanitaria, y más instrumentos de financiación para combatir el impacto del cambio climático, pero también debemos pensar en cómo podemos trabajar de forma más coordinada con los actores humanitarios. Necesitamos más coordinación y dejar de trabajar en silos. Necesitamos también coordinarnos y fortalecer las capacidades de los actores locales y pensar en el llamado «nexo», en cómo mantener la asistencia humanitaria mientras pensamos en las capacidades del futuro.

Es esencial también proteger a las mujeres y la Unión Europea —nosotros y nosotras— tiene la responsabilidad de atender el sufrimiento humano allí donde se encuentre. No podemos dejarles solos.

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Giorgio Gori (S&D). – Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, onorevoli colleghi, in Sudan si sta consumando un'emergenza umanitaria senza precedenti.

Nel paese tutto è andato distrutto, dalle scuole agli ospedali, e malattie che pensavamo debellate, come il colera, aggiunte a una profonda carestia, mietono tante vittime quanto la guerra.

Le poche organizzazioni umanitarie presenti operano in condizioni estreme. Gli operatori di Cesvi, MSF, Save the Children, Emergency e Caritas – solo per citarne alcuni – subiscono attacchi, restrizioni e intimidazioni. Pochi giorni fa, un'ambulanza di Medici Senza Frontiere è stata attaccata e a dicembre tre operatori del Programma alimentare mondiale sono stati uccisi durante un bombardamento.

Oltre a unirci all'appello per un cessate il fuoco immediato e un embargo della fornitura delle armi, chiediamo con urgenza alla Commissione e agli Stati membri di incrementare il sostegno finanziario e di rafforzare la risposta umanitaria, nonché di garantire la protezione dei civili e delle organizzazioni umanitarie, affinché abbiano le risorse e i mezzi necessari per portare aiuto a una popolazione stremata dal conflitto e dalla fame.

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Magnus Brunner, Member of the Commission. – MrPresident, honourable Members, thank you for your insightful contributions to this debate. Today's discussion has not only shown the scale of the crisis in Sudan, but also reaffirmed our collective determination to act.

We have heard about the the staggering displacement and the the horrifying food insecurity that is driving millions to the brink of starvation, the grave violations of human rights, the attacks on civilians and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.These are not just statistics or distant tragedies, they are urgent cries, actually, for help from our fellow human beings.

Today's debate, I think, has highlighted critical priorities, the urgent need to dismantle the bureaucratic barriers and also to ensure humanitarian corridors. We must press the warring parties to honour their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians, safeguard aid workers and allow unimpeded access to those in need.

As many of you have highlighted, the visibility vacuum surrounding this crisis is unacceptable, and it is our duty to amplify Sudan's voice, to bring its plight to the forefront of global attention and to rally international solidarity.

The European Union has already shown its commitment on the ground but, as you rightly pointed out, this is not enough. We must scale up our efforts not only in funding, but in diplomacy and in advocacy, and in ensuring that the world does not turn away.

The people of Sudan are not asking for miracles. They are asking for food. They are asking for water. They are asking for shelter, for safety, and for dignity of course. They need us to act. Let today's debate be a call to all of us not just to show compassion, but to transform also that compassion into action.

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President. – The debate is closed.

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