Supporting local peace and development initiatives and providing life-saving humanitarian aid

Our UN team in Sudan, led by Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Khardiata Lo N'Diaye, is supporting local peace and development initiatives while providing life-saving humanitarian aid in Central Darfur.

Central Darfur is facing high levels of violence, insecurity, and displacement. With the support of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are training 180 young people to promote peace in their communities and access civic spaces from which they have been excluded.

For their part, UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are collecting data to better inform effective programming for higher impact.

Through the US$20 million Darfur programme, the UN Children's Fund, UNDP, and UNHCR have implemented initiatives to strengthen the rule of law and provide essential services.

The UN team helped set up a dozen community reconciliation committees to resolve conflicts with an 89 per cent success rate, provided 56,600 people with access to water, and enabled 5,657 people to obtain civil registration documents to access essential services and register land.