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Briefing the Security Council today on the International Criminal Court’s Darfur-related activities, the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that the cooperation with the government of Sudan has deteriorated. UNIFEED

Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on the health of millions of people, a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO

Despite multiple remaining crises, top official in Sudan expresses optimism for two-year transitional phase leading to civilian rule, democratic elections.

The head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that on Monday, the military leadership and a broad range of civilian actors signed up to a political framework agreement to lay the ground for a final political accord and the formation of a new civilian government, leading the country towards recovery and democratic elections. UNIFEED

Committee on Resolution 1591 (2005) committed to working with Sudan, all relevant stakeholders towards making peace reality, chair tells Security Council.

Speaking to reporters at the end of his first official visit to Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “I urge all those who are involved in this political process to set aside entrenched positions, power games and any of their personal interests, and to focus on the common interests of the people of Sudan.” OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk travelled to El Fasher, in northern Darfur, where he met representatives of internally displaced people and other civil society organizations. OHCHR

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “we can only hope that whatever we can do for the people of Sudan is to advance what the people yearn for, which is freedom, peace, justice.” OHCHR

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH

The head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the longer the political paralysis will last in the country, “the more difficult it will become to return to the transition which UNITAMS is mandated to assist.” UNIFEED