(27 Jun 2024)
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Via video call from Trieste, Italy – 27 June 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director:
"It is the largest child displacement crisis in the whole world. There are 17 million children who are out of school, which is an astonishing number. You know, they’ve been out of school for a whole year already, and there’s no sign that most of them will get back. We’re estimating about 4 million children are suffering from severe malnutrition, which is a horrific thing. And even of that big number, roughly 730,000, we estimate, are severely, acutely malnourished, which means really, they’re kind of on the verge of starvation."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director:
"For children, you know, if a child is malnourished when they’re young, it leads to a lifetime of problems – they can be stunted and really, in some cases, not ever catch up. For women, you know, often women who are pregnant are malnourished and that means that the babies are starting off in a bad way. So the consequences of the violence, of the displacement, of the lack of food, the lack of security is just devastating for women and children in Sudan."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director:
"The IPC report is alarming for sure. And I think it’s showing us where we’re headed unless we get some changes in place. And those changes are that we need more access and we need more supplies. So I think it’s important for the international community to realize that we have to get more resources to Sudan. But we also need to push the parties, hopefully to peace. That’s really at the end of the day, what we need here. It’s what every child talks about, right, they want peace, they want to be able to go back home, they want to be able to go to school, they want to be normal children."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director:
"UNICEF is trying to get into these places and provide health services and not to try to duplicate the existing service, but to really try to supplement and help what’s already happening. It’s just very difficult and honestly, the health workers and Sudanese health workers haven’t been paid in months and months and months. You know, they’re still trying to persevere and get services to the population there. UNICEF is probably the largest provider and we’re trying our best. It’s just a constant… If I could leave you with anything, it’s a constant almost hour-to-hour challenge of getting access to different areas, getting access to the people who are most in need."
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STORYLINE:
A senior United Nations official on Thursday warned that hundreds of thousands of children in war-torn Sudan are on the verge of starvation and at risk of dying, as the African country is caught in a bitter war between rival generals.
The conflict has wrecked the country and created a crisis that will impact its future for generations.
At least 17 million children are out of school because of the war.
About 4 million children under 5 suffer from acute malnutrition, with roughly 730,000 of those projected to be at imminent risk of dying, said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.
"They’re kind of on the verge of starvation," Russell said.
The conflict created the world’s largest displacement crisis with more than 11 million people forced to flee their homes.
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