UN Under-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed ended a two-day visit to Chad on Wednesday (July 19th). In particular, she met with the president of the transition, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, and went to the eastern border, the scene of a serious humanitarian crisis with the massive arrival of 260,000 Sudanese refugees in three months. Amina Mohamed and Transitional Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo have pleaded for increased support for Chad in the face of the crisis.
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With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Carol Valade
Chad needs help to deal with this unprecedented crisis. This is, in essence, Ndjamena’s message to the United Nations, in particular concerning the local populations whose social services are overwhelmed or whose fields are occupied by the new refugee camps.
” Chad is a poor country “, recalled the Prime Minister of Transition, Saleh Kebzabo. ” We are surrounded by fields, and as the population increases, the territory of the fields decreases. And here we are again in a case of force majeure which means that we don’t have time to look at the field of groundnuts, millet and others. It is the life, the survival of the populations which is important “, he insisted.
In Chad, together with @WFPChief and @A delegation, to appeal for global solidarity at a time of extreme need.
The people of Chad haven’t turned away from their neighbours.
Now is the hour for the international community to stand up for refugees and the host community. pic.twitter.com/ZtE3Fu6JXk
— Amina J Mohammed (@AminaJMohammed) July 19, 2023
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” I’ll carry your message to New York “, assured Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, before continuing: “ It is important that we listen to the farmers, the ranchers. I am also thinking of the schools and hospitals that I have seen, of which the Chadians are today dispossessed so overwhelmed are they. We must support them. »
The international community cannot look away from this crisis, concluded the number two of the United Nations.