ROMA – The third was held at the Ara Pacis Humanitarian Congress promoted by Intersos in collaboration with the Sant’Anna High School of Pisa. “On this occasion”, the NGO reports in a note, international experts, “starting from the recent humanitarian crises that have exploded in the Middle East, Sudan, Ukraine, discussed the future of humanitarian action in a global scenario in which access to people in need of aid has become increasingly difficult, international humanitarian law is systematically violated and attacks on civilians are increasingly systematic and unpunished.”
The difficulties of getting where it is urgent to get to. “The world is facing the biggest crisis of the multipolar system since the Second World War – we read in a note from Intersos – which is increasing the number of ongoing armed conflicts and which is exacerbating the effects of the climate crisis and deepening inequalities. ”. And again: “Given this growth in needs, and the number of people in need of help, the future of humanitarian action is increasingly uncertain; access to the affected territories is often hindered, the resources available are not sufficient and distributed unequally between the different crises, in many cases lasting for years or decades, international humanitarian law is under attack and attacks on civilians are increasingly systematic and unpunished.”
The testimony from Sudan. With the end of the rainy season, the armed conflict in Sudan is destined to resume with greater intensity: this was underlined by Alda Cappelletti, consultant of Intersosthe NGO organizing the event and committed to supporting displaced and refugee communities, both in the Darfur region and across the border in Chad. The manager talks about the situation after returning from an on-site mission, on the sidelines of the Humanitarian Congress. Cappelletti came from Chad from the El Geneina area, the capital of the state of Western Darfur, a hub for the supply of essential goods to displaced communities. “The region”, says the humanitarian worker, “is one of the most affected by the conflict, both due to the humanitarian crisis and the ethnic dynamics that recall the first war fought at the beginning of the 2000s”.
The complications of bringing aid. Alda Cappelletti’s story highlights the incredible difficulties of the humanitarian response, in particular for the transport and delivery of aid. “It is very complicated by the obstructions posed by the parties in conflict. In some areas – he said – famine has been declared, including in North Darfur, where El Fasher is located, which is now one of the fighting hotspots”. From this city come news of offensives and siege attempts by the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary units led by General Mohamed Dagalo known as “Hemeti” and opposed to army units loyal to another general, Abdel FattahAl-Burhan.
Cardinal Zuppi: “Stop delegitimizing the UN”. At the congress organized by Intersos The president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Matteo Zuppi, also spoke and expressed a warning against “the violence and war that erase humanity, in one of the most worrying moments for decades, in which there are even attempts to delegitimize United Nations”. Zuppi then recalled his support over the years to the NGO, which is involved in helping communities affected by conflicts. According to the president of the CEI, “this is one of the moments we should never get used to, that is, think about to war as a way to resolve conflicts”.
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