22 September 2026
His Excellency Mr António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations
Their Excellencies the Representatives of the Member States of the United Nations Security Council
Urgent Call for Decisive Action to End the War in Sudan
Your Excellencies,
We write on behalf of the broadest spectrum of Sudanese anti-war and non-aligned civil and political forces. Despite our political and social diversity, we are united in calling for an end to the
war, the protection of civilians, the preservation of Sudan’s unity, and the restoration of a civilian democratic transition.
The war has displaced more than 14 million people, while nearly 20 million face hunger. In your remarks of 16 September, Secretary-General, you described the suffering of the Sudanese people as intolerable and
called for accountability for those supplying the belligerents with weapons used against civilians. Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Food Programme, has warned of a
critical funding shortfall amid the world’s largest hunger crisis. United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has likewise stressed that Sudan is suffering from a deficit of action, not analysis.
These appeals demand an immediate response without further delay.
We therefore look to the deliberations of the current session of the United Nations General Assembly and the forthcoming Security Council meeting scheduled for 9 October to produce concrete, enforceable
decisions addressing the following priorities:
1. An immediate and unconditional nationwide humanitarian truce, ensuring the protection of civilians, with particular attention to women and children and a firm response to crimes of sexual and
gender-based violence. The truce must guarantee safe and unhindered humanitarian access across borders and conflict lines and be accompanied by an independent monitoring mechanism and clearly defined
measures—including targeted sanctions—against any party that obstructs its adoption or implementation.
2. Urgent funding for humanitarian organisations in response to their latest appeals, including the approximately USD 300 million required to close the World Food Programme’s funding gap and the USD 15 million requested by the International Organization for Migration to sustain relief supplies through the end of the year, following its warning on 14 September that those supplies were on the verge of depletion.
Support must also be extended to local responders, alongside funding for agricultural inputs to strengthen domestic production and advance food security.
3. Support for a Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led peace process, structured around three simultaneous and mutually reinforcing tracks: a humanitarian track focused on civilian protection and relief; a security
track aimed at achieving a permanent ceasefire and sustainable security arrangements; and an inclusive civilian political track that addresses the root causes of the crisis and lays the foundations for a democratic
transition. This process must remain free from domination by the armed parties, the National Congress Party, its Islamic Movement, and their affiliated fronts—all of which were overthrown by Sudan’s glorious
December Revolution.
4. The consolidation of mediation efforts within a single coordinated framework bringing together the initiatives of the Quad and the Quint, guided by the principles set out in the statement of 12 September
2025. This framework should establish a clear division of responsibilities, a defined timetable, and a joint follow-up mechanism, thereby ending the proliferation of competing initiatives and ensuring the integration of the three tracks.
5. An end to all forms of external interference that fuel the war, through a Security Council resolution extending the arms embargo to the entirety of Sudan and to all parties to the conflict. Such a resolution
should impose binding obligations on Member States and establish effective mechanisms for monitoring, verification, and accountability regarding all forms of external support provided to the belligerents.
6. Recognition that Sudan has no government possessing constitutional legitimacy, and that legitimacy must not be conferred upon any coup-installed authority or any authority deriving its rule from armed force.
Legitimate governance can be restored only through a credible political process that reflects the will of the Sudanese people and leads to democratic civilian rule. This is consistent with the position of the African
Union, which has rejected the legitimisation of any authority established following the coup of 25 October 2021. Humanitarian engagement with de facto authorities must not be transformed into political
recognition.
7. Support for the documentation of violations and accountability for those responsible, by empowering and adequately supporting the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan,
implementing its recommendations, preserving evidence, and protecting victims and witnesses. This should include action to extend the temporal jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to encompass all
violations committed since the outbreak of the war, as well as its territorial jurisdiction to cover the entirety of Sudan, thereby helping to ensure justice for victims and prevent impunity.
Every further delay will cost more lives, deepen the risk of Sudan’s fragmentation, and increase the likelihood of the conflict spreading across the region. We urge you to translate the commitments of the
United Nations into decisions that protect civilians, halt the flow of weapons, and open a path towards peace. The people of Sudan deserve to see the tangible impact of your responsibility in their lives, their
security, and their future.
Please accept, Your Excellencies, the assurances of our highest consideration.
Sudanese Civil Forces Opposed to the War and Aligned with Neither Party
