The Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Antonio Guterres has condemned the looting and vandalism of the former UNAMID mission premises in Saraf Omra in North Darfur.
UNAMID handed over the site to the Sudanese authorities after the end of the Hybrid mission’s mandate in December 2020.
In a statement via his spokesman from New York today, Guterres laments that “at a time when community needs in Sudan are increasingly pressing, the site was intended to serve as a vocational training centre; unknown assailants have dashed that opportunity”.
The Secretary-General’s statement calls on the Sudanese authorities to investigate the incident and ensure sufficient security presences for subsequent handovers so that facilities are preserved for civilian use.