UAE announces $50 million emergency humanitarian aid for Sudan

The UAE has announced $50 million emergency aid to alleviate the urgent humanitarian situation in Sudan, while also providing evacuation support.

In a statement issued at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Sudan, Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, UAE's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said "the UAE will continue providing care and accommodation assistance to the evacuees who come to our country".

She added that "the UAE will continue to support all efforts to de-escalate and make the space for dialogue as we have been doing in the past two weeks".

Since the conflict erupted on April 15, the UAE has been focused on evacuating citizens from 19 countries out of Khartoum to Port Sudan. The UAE has also helped secure the safe return of Egyptian soldiers in Sudan.

During the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan, #UAExUNSC called for a permanent ceasefire that brings this crisis to an end. We:

➡️ Commended the dedication of regional leaders to de-escalate the crisis, including the African Union, IGAD, @arableague_gs, and @UNITAMS
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— UAE Mission to the UN (@UAEMissionToUN) April 26, 2023