00:00I will start off by reading into the record the statement we issued on Sudan earlier today.
00:05The Secretary General is outraged by the killing of three World Food Program staff members
00:10in Sudan on December 19th, when the agency's field office in Yaboos in Blue Nile State
00:16was hit by aerial bombardment.
00:19The Secretary General sends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and their World
00:24Food Program colleagues.
00:26The Secretary General condemns all attacks on the United Nations and aid personnel, as
00:31well as aid facilities.
00:32He calls for a thorough investigation.
00:35...including markets and bakeries are interrupted as food prices...
00:42Cindy McCain, the Executive Director of the World Food Program, said we are urgently working
00:47to establish the circumstances around this appalling incident.
00:50She also demanded a thorough investigation and for the perpetrators to be held to account.
00:55...is expected to reconvene for the adoption of the draft resolution...
01:02Yesterday's incident underscores the devastating toll Sudan's brutal conflict is having on
01:08millions of people in need and on the humanitarians trying to reach them with life-saving assistance.
01:142024 is the deadliest year for aid workers on record.
01:21In Sudan, that is.
01:24The Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that...
01:30As a reminder, Sudan is a country where 4.7 million children, as well as lactating and
01:36pregnant women, are facing acute malnutrition.
01:40The Secretary-General calls on all the parties to adhere to their obligations to protect
01:44civilians, including aid personnel, as well as humanitarian premises and supplies.
01:53Thank you and all best to all of you.
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