Rhino: Follow-up – The UAE’s representative to the United Nations said that the Port Sudan Authority is one of the parties to the civil war in Sudan and accused it of committing war crimes using internationally prohibited weapons against its own people, calling for it to be held accountable.

Speaking at a General Assembly meeting, the UAE representative held both sides of the conflict fully responsible for their actions and for the violations committed against civilians, calling for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian truce leading to a permanent ceasefire.

He renewed the call to expand the arms embargo to cover the entire territory of Sudan and cited documented international reports indicating that the Sudanese Armed Forces have used internationally banned chemical weapons in this conflict.