Subject Line: Take Action on the War and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

Dear Representative <House rep name>,

My name is <your name> and I am your constituent in <district, state>.

I am writing to you seven months after intense fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15th, 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to what the UN has recognized as a humanitarian nightmare. Over 12,094 people have been killed and an estimated 4.9 million have been forcibly displaced within Sudan since the beginning of the conflict, bringing the total internally displaced in the nation to 7.1 million, making this the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. Due to the targeting of journalists in Sudan and limited access to international networks, please take note that these numbers likely fall short of the actual devastating truth.

Fighting between the SAF and the RSF has impacted all 18 provinces, crippling infrastructure, placing over 70% of hospitals out of service, and resulting in grave violations of human rights as violence, abuse, and exploitation of women and children reach unprecedented levels by way of killing, maiming, child recruitment, sexual violence, and arbitrary detention. The RSF is complicit in all of these crimes, including the accusation of genocide in West Darfur, which the ICC has opened an investigation into, and the entry and occupation of homes along with looting, raping, and killing of residents - the result of which are horrific stories, videos, and images shared by witnesses and survivors who are unable to address the anxiety, depression, and PTSD of their experiences - as they remain forgotten in an environment of daily conflict.

Beyond this, the humanitarian toll of this conflict is horrifying, with the United Nations terming the current situation in Sudan a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Today, millions of Sudanese people, particularly in Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan, lack access to basic services, such as food, water, shelter, health, and education. 7.4 million children lack access to safe drinking water and are at risk of waterborne disease, and 3.4 million children under the age of five are at high risk of diarrheal diseases and cholera. Furthermore, the WHO and UNICEF have announced that disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10,000 young lives by the end of 2023. Beyond this, an estimated 19 million children are currently out of school in Sudan, and as this crisis continues, these numbers will only worsen.

Thus far, international mediation efforts have utterly failed at achieving any sort of understanding between the two warring forces, with the SAF and the RSF blatantly disregarding commitments to de-escalate fighting, minimize civilian harm, and refrain from disproportionate attacks. Clashes between the two groups have continued and expanded throughout the nation, with the war now approaching its seventh month with no end in sight to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Furthermore, the RSF's recent seizure of Nyala, Sudan’s second-largest city and a major SAF stronghold, leaves me skeptical of the success of the second round of Jeddah talks, which recently began on October 26th given the transparent disregard for any potential compromise with the SAF.

The Sudanese people have played no part in this conflict; two forces currently fight to rule a country of which its people chose neither of them. It was the international community, including the United States, that waylaid the civilians and legitimized the rule of the military, accepting the coup on October 25th, 2021 that laid the groundwork for this war with the belief that it would lead to personal gain. Now, the international community, and more specifically, the United States, bears a responsibility to the Sudanese people and its large Sudanese diaspora to provide humanitarian relief to civilians and to apply pressure to help mediate an end to the conflict.

Today, the revised 2023 Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requires $2.6 billion to provide life-saving multi-sectoral and protection assistance to 18.1 million people in desperate need through the end of this year. As of October 26th, $858.9 million has been received, with the US providing roughly $290 million. Today, the UN estimates 24.7 million people need humanitarian assistance in Sudan, 6.6 million more Sudanese individuals in need than the 18.1 million target the Sudan HRP accounts for in its $2.6 billion goal, which again, has yet to be reached. In short, Sudan needs more humanitarian aid funding, at a much more rapid pace, to close in on the gap of the increasing humanitarian assistance needed among Sudanese people.

In comparison, though Sudan’s humanitarian toll has surpassed that of Ukraine, the United States has provided over $3.9 billion exclusively in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, which is over 13 times that provided to Sudan, not to mention the amount provided in military, security and financial aid, which altogether has topped $76.8 billion. Similarly, in the past week, the House of Representatives authorized an emergency $14.5 billion military aid package to the Israeli occupation to fund the genocide of Palestinians, yet, in the same breath, condemns the genocide in Darfur. Thus, the United States has a moral obligation to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and I call on you for tangible support of the Sudanese people - ensuring they receive equitable and just support rather than falling victim to selective empathy or inadequate differentiating systems. Below are our demands:

1. Appoint a Special Envoy.
The U.S. Government, either through a Presidential Appointment process or through Congressional legislative actions, should appoint a Special Envoy for Sudan to ensure the prioritization of direct negotiations for humanitarian assistance, peace negotiations, and engagement with neighboring countries. The Envoy will advocate for accountability of all parties responsible for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against Sudanese civilians.

2. Call for an immediate ceasefire.
The U.S. should utilize effective pressure to support a broad international coalition to achieve an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a monitoring mechanism, safe corridors for humanitarian aid, and resumption of suspended aid operations.

3. Increase development and humanitarian aid to NGOs operating internally in Sudan focused on food and medical aid distribution.
The United States government should ensure the safety of food and medical aid to the Sudanese people through NGOs such as the World Food Programme and the Red Crescent. Sudan is on the brink of famine with 43% of the population suffering from acute food insecurity - 6.3 million of which is a direct result of the conflict - and diseases are spreading. The United States government should work to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian aid convoys.

4. Apply the Arms Export Control Act and Enforce International Traffic in Arms Regulations and Export Administration Regulations on Sudan.
The U.S. Government should strictly enforce current legislative tools, like the Arms Export Control Act, and enforce governmental mechanisms to prevent the export and proliferation of military-relevant items directly and indirectly to Sudan, including preventing the illicit flow of arms to non-state actors and private military companies.

5. Work on the international level to expand the UN Arms Embargo on Sudan and Consider Additional Mechanisms.
The U.S. should utilize its role as a permanent member of the UNSC to reaffirm, renew, and expand the existing UN arms embargo and other sanctions on Darfur, Sudan to include the entire Sudan, key individuals in SAF and RSF, and human rights violators.

The Sudanese people believe in freedom, peace, and justice. They gave their lives to bring about democracy in the nation, and the international community, and more specifically, the United States betrayed them through the legitimization of military forces.

Will you act now, to ensure that the United States government is supporting the Sudanese diaspora in the US by meeting the requirements stated above before the crisis further worsens?

Subject Line: Take Action on the War and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

Dear Senator <Senator name>,

My name is <your name> and I am your constituent in the state of <state>.

I am writing to you seven months after intense fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15th, 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to what the UN has recognized as a humanitarian nightmare. Over 12,094 people have been killed and an estimated 4.9 million have been forcibly displaced within Sudan since the beginning of the conflict, bringing the total internally displaced in the nation to 7.1 million, making this the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. Due to the targeting of journalists in Sudan and limited access to international networks, please take note that these numbers likely fall short of the actual devastating truth.

Fighting between the SAF and the RSF has impacted all 18 provinces, crippling infrastructure, placing over 70% of hospitals out of service, and resulting in grave violations of human rights as violence, abuse, and exploitation of women and children reach unprecedented levels by way of killing, maiming, child recruitment, sexual violence, and arbitrary detention. The RSF is complicit in all of these crimes, including the accusation of genocide in West Darfur, which the ICC has opened an investigation into, and the entry and occupation of homes along with looting, raping, and killing of residents - the result of which are horrific stories, videos, and images shared by witnesses and survivors who are unable to address the anxiety, depression, and PTSD of their experiences - as they remain forgotten in an environment of daily conflict.

Beyond this, the humanitarian toll of this conflict is horrifying, with the United Nations terming the current situation in Sudan a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Today, millions of Sudanese people, particularly in Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan lack access to basic services, such as food, water, shelter, health, and education. 7.4 million children lack access to safe drinking water and are at risk of waterborne disease and 3.4 million children under the age of five are at high risk of diarrheal diseases and cholera. Furthermore, the WHO and UNICEF have announced that disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10,000 young lives by the end of 2023. Beyond this, an estimated 19 million children are currently out of school in Sudan, and as this crisis continues, these numbers will only worsen.

Thus far, international mediation efforts have utterly failed at achieving any sort of understanding between the two warring forces, with the SAF and the RSF blatantly disregarding commitments to de-escalate fighting, minimize civilian harm, and refrain from disproportionate attacks. Clashes between the two groups have continued and expanded throughout the nation, with the war now approaching its seventh month with no end in sight to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Furthermore, the RSF's recent seizure of Nyala, Sudan’s second-largest city and a major SAF stronghold, leaves me skeptical of the success of the second round of Jeddah talks, which recently began on October 26th, given the transparent disregard for any potential compromise with the SAF.

The Sudanese people have played no part in this conflict; two forces currently fight to rule a country of which its people chose neither of them. It was the international community, including the United States, that wayside the civilians and legitimized the rule of the military, accepting the coup on October 25th, 2021, that laid the groundwork for this war with the belief that it would lead to personal gain. Now, the international community, and more specifically, the United States, bears a responsibility to the Sudanese people and its large Sudanese diaspora to provide humanitarian relief to civilians and to apply pressure to help mediate an end to the conflict.

Today, the revised 2023 Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requires $2.6 billion to provide life-saving multi-sectoral and protection assistance to 18.1 million people in desperate need through the end of this year. As of October 26th, $858.9 million has been received, with the US providing roughly $290 million. Today, the UN estimates 24.7 million people need humanitarian assistance in Sudan, 6.6 million more Sudanese individuals in need than the 18.1 million target the Sudan HRP accounts for in its $2.6 billion goal, which again, has yet to be reached. In short, Sudan needs more humanitarian aid funding, at a much more rapid pace, to close in on the gap of the increasing humanitarian assistance needed among Sudanese people.

In comparison, though Sudan’s humanitarian toll has surpassed that of Ukraine, the United States has provided over $3.9 billion exclusively in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, which is over 13 times that provided to Sudan, not to mention the amount provided in military, security, and financial aid, which altogether has topped $76.8 billion. Similarly, in the past week, the House of Representatives authorized an emergency $14.5 billion military aid package to the Israeli occupation to fund the genocide of Palestinians, yet, in the same breath, condemns the genocide in Darfur. Thus, the United States has a moral obligation to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and I call on you for tangible support of the Sudanese people - ensuring they receive equitable and just support rather than falling victim to selective empathy or inadequate differentiating systems. Below are our demands:

1. Appoint a Special Envoy.
The U.S. Government, either through a Presidential Appointment process or through Congressional legislative actions, should appoint a Special Envoy for Sudan to prioritize direct negotiations for humanitarian assistance, peace negotiations, and engagement with neighboring countries. The Envoy will advocate for accountability of all parties responsible for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against Sudanese civilians.

2. Call for an immediate ceasefire.
The U.S. should utilize effective pressure to support a broad international coalition to achieve an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a monitoring mechanism, safe corridors for humanitarian aid, and resumption of suspended aid operations.

3. Increase development and humanitarian aid to NGOs operating internally in Sudan focused on food and medical aid distribution.
The United States government should ensure the safety of food and medical aid to the Sudanese people through NGOs such as the World Food Programme and the Red Crescent. Sudan is on the brink of famine, with 43% of the population suffering from acute food insecurity - 6.3 million of which is a direct result of the conflict - and diseases are spreading. The United States government should work to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian aid convoys.

4. Apply the Arms Export Control Act and Enforce International Traffic in Arms Regulations and Export Administration Regulations on Sudan.
The U.S. Government should strictly enforce current legislative tools, like the Arms Export Control Act, and enforce governmental mechanisms to prevent the export and proliferation of military-relevant items directly and indirectly to Sudan, including preventing the illicit flow of arms to non-state actors and private military companies.

5. Work internationally to expand the UN Arms Embargo on Sudan and Consider Additional Mechanisms.
The U.S. should utilize its role as a permanent member of the UNSC to reaffirm, renew, and expand the existing UN arms embargo and other sanctions on Darfur, Sudan to include the entire Sudan, key individuals in SAF and RSF, and human rights violators.

The Sudanese people believe in freedom, peace, and justice. They gave their lives to bring about democracy in the nation, and the international community, and more specifically, the United States betrayed them through the legitimization of military forces.

Will you act now, to ensure that the United States government is supporting the Sudanese diaspora in the US by meeting the requirements stated above before the crisis further worsens?

Subject Line: Take Action on the War and Humanitarian Crisis In Sudan

Dear M.P <MP name>,

I am writing to you seven months after intense fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15th, 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to what the UN has recognized as a humanitarian nightmare. Over 12,094 people have been killed and an estimated 4.9 million have been forcibly displaced within Sudan since the beginning of the conflict, bringing the total internally displaced in the nation to 7.1 million, making this the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. Due to the targeting of journalists in Sudan and limited access to international networks, please take note that these numbers likely fall short of the actual devastating truth.

Fighting between the SAF and the RSF has impacted all 18 provinces, crippling infrastructure, placing over 70% of hospitals out of service, and resulting in grave violations of human rights as violence, abuse, and exploitation of women and children reach unprecedented levels by way of killing, maiming, child recruitment, sexual violence, and arbitrary detention. The RSF is complicit in all of these crimes, including the accusation of genocide in West Darfur, which the ICC has opened an investigation into, the entry and occupation of homes along with looting, raping, and killing of residents - the result of which are horrific stories, videos, and images shared by witnesses and survivors who are unable to address the anxiety, depression, and PTSD of their experiences - as they remain forgotten in an environment of daily conflict.

Beyond this, the humanitarian toll of this conflict is horrifying, with the United Nations terming the current situation in Sudan a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Today, millions of Sudanese people, particularly in Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan lack access to basic services, such as food, water, shelter, health, and education. Today, 7.4 million children lack access to safe drinking water and are at risk of waterborne disease and 3.4 million children under the age of five are at high risk of diarrheal diseases and cholera. Furthermore, the WHO and UNICEF have announced that disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10,000 young lives by the end of 2023. Beyond this, an estimated 19 million children are currently out of school in Sudan, and as this crisis continues, these numbers will only worsen.

Thus far, international mediation efforts have utterly failed at achieving any sort of understanding between the two warring forces, with the SAF and the RSF blatantly disregarding commitments to de-escalate fighting, minimize civilian harm, and refrain from any disproportionate attacks. Clashes between the two groups have continued and expanded throughout the nation, with the war now approaching its 7th month with no end in sight to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Furthermore, the RSF's recent seizure of Nyala, Sudan’s second-largest city and a major SAF stronghold, leaves me skeptical of the success of the second round of Jeddah talks which recently began on October 26th given the transparent disregard for any potential compromise with the SAF.

The Sudanese people have played no part in this conflict; two forces fight to rule a country of which neither of them were chosen by its people. It was the international community, including the Canadian government's complacency, that waysided the civilians and legitimized the rule of the military, accepting the coup on October 25th, 2021 that laid the groundwork for this war with the belief that it would lead to personal gain. Now, the international community bears a responsibility to the Sudanese people and its large Sudanese diaspora to provide humanitarian relief to civilians and to apply pressure to help mediate an end to the conflict.

Today, the revised 2023 Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requires US$2.6 billion to provide life-saving multi-sectoral and protection assistance to 18.1 million people in desperate need through the end of this year. As of October 26th, $858.9 million has been received, with the Canadian government providing roughly $165 million. It should be noted that Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan’s provision of roughly $165 million in humanitarian and development aid for Sudan is also shared among neighboring countries, and there exists a lack of transparency on how much money has been provided to address the humanitarian crises and who is on the receiving end. Today, the UN estimates 24.7 million people need humanitarian assistance in Sudan, 6.6 million more Sudanese individuals in need than the 18.1 million target the Sudan HRP accounts for in its $2.6 billion goal, which again, has yet to be reached. In short, Sudan needs more humanitarian aid funding, at a much more rapid pace, to close in on the gap of the increasing humanitarian assistance needed among Sudanese people.

In comparison, though Sudan’s humanitarian toll has surpassed that of Ukraine, the Canadian government has provided over $479.5 million in humanitarian and development aid in Ukraine since the beginning of 2022, which is nearly 2.9 times that provided to Sudan, not to mention the amount provided in military, security and financial aid, which altogether has topped $9.5 billion to Ukraine since the beginning of 2022. Thus, the Canadian government has a moral obligation to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and I call on you for tangible support of the Sudanese people - ensuring they receive equitable and just support rather than falling victim to selective empathy or inadequate differentiating systems. Below are our demands:

1. Call for an immediate ceasefire.
Canada should utilize effective pressure to support a broad international coalition to achieve an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a monitoring mechanism, safe corridors for humanitarian aid, and resumption of suspended aid operations.

2. Increase development and humanitarian aid to NGOs operating internally in Sudan focused on food and medical aid distribution.
The Canadian government should ensure food safety and medical aid to the Sudanese people through NGOs such as the World Food Programme and the Red Crescent. Sudan is on the brink of famine with 43% of the population suffering from acute food insecurity - 6.3 million of which is a direct result of the conflict - and diseases are spreading. The Canadian government should work to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian aid convoys.

3. Work on the international level to expand the UN Arms Embargo on Sudan and Consider Additional Mechanisms.
As a founding member of the United Nations (UN), and a nation “committed to the guidance provided in the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security”, duly noted by Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian government should utilize its role as a founding member of the United Nations to reaffirm, renew, and expand the existing UN arms embargo and other sanctions on Darfur, Sudan to include the entire Sudan, key individuals in SAF and RSF, and human rights violators.

Sudanese people believe in freedom, peace, and justice. Sudanese people did not choose to, nor did they wish to, leave their homes and seek refuge from the bombardment and vicious acts of violence in Sudan, it was imposed upon them.

Will you act now, to ensure that the Canadian government is supporting the Sudanese diaspora in Canada by meeting the requirements stated above before the refugee crisis worsens further?

Dear Rt Hon <MP name>,

I hope this letter finds you safe and well. I am writing to you six months since intense fighting broke out in Sudan on the 15th April 2023. Over 7,500 people have been killed and some 5.4 million have had to make the heart-breaking decision to leave their homes and are today displaced within Sudan and other countries including the UK. Sudan has now become the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis.
The fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF militia group has already crippled major infrastructure around the country and caused grave violations of human & children’s rights, including sexual and gender-based violence, enforced disappearance, and arbitrary detention. The RSF is not only fighting the Sudanese army, but they are also entering and occupying people’s homes, stealing, raping, and killing residents. There are countless horrific stories, many of which have kept me awake at night.
Four months ago (11th May) the parties meeting in Jeddah committed to de-escalate the fighting, minimise civilian harm and refrain from any disproportionate attacks. But since then, the killing of civilians has continued in Khartoum, Kordofan, El-Geneina, Al Fasher, and other areas. People from the well-resourced Darfur region are now having to re-live the genocidal trauma.
Sudanese people have played no part in this conflict. The two forces are fighting over the ability to rule the country when neither of them were chosen by the people. To this day, the Sudanese peoples' peaceful protests for democracy go ignored and they continue to suffer for it unjustly.
Given our history and the worsening refugee crisis, I call on you for tangible support of the Sudanese people. I request the following actions from the UK Government to achieve legitimate civilian government in Sudan:
1. Commit to delivering food and medical aid to the Sudanese people through organisations such as the UN World Food Programme and the Red Crescent. Sudan is brink of famine, and diseases are spreading, according to the United Nations and need further assistance in this area.
2. Urge General Burhan and General Dagalo to stop the conflict immediately and advocate for a new framework that appoints a universally accepted and credible special envoy around whom international efforts can focus on mediation for peacekeeping and a negotiated settlement.
3. Strongly condemn the shipments of weapons into Sudan from countries who are opponents of peace, including but not limited to the United Arab Emirates. These supply lines must be cut to prevent further death and destruction.
Sudanese people believe in freedom, peace and justice and peacefully fought for it through non-violent demonstrations. They want to return to their generational homes and continue their path to prosperity.
Will you act now to ensure that the UK government is supporting the Sudanese diaspora in the UK by meeting the requirements stated above before the refugee crisis worsens further?

Sincerely,
<Your name>
<your address>

Dear <MP name>,

I am writing to you several months after intense fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15th, 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to what the UN has recognized as a humanitarian nightmare. Over 12,094 people have been killed and an estimated 4.9 million have been forcibly displaced within Sudan since the beginning of the conflict, bringing the total internally displaced in the nation to 7.1 million, making this the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. Due to the targeting of journalists in Sudan and limited access to international networks, please take note that these numbers likely fall short of the actual devastating truth.

Fighting between the SAF and the RSF has impacted all 18 provinces, crippling infrastructure, placing over 70% of hospitals out of service, and resulting in grave violations of human rights as violence, abuse, and exploitation of women and children reach unprecedented levels by way of killing, maiming, child recruitment, sexual violence, and arbitrary detention. The RSF is complicit in all of these crimes, including the accusation of genocide in West Darfur, which the ICC has opened an investigation into, the entry and occupation of homes along with looting, raping, and killing of residents - the result of which are horrific stories, videos, and images shared by witnesses and survivors who are unable to address the anxiety, depression, and PTSD of their experiences - as they remain forgotten in an environment of daily conflict.

Beyond this, the humanitarian toll of this conflict is horrifying, with the United Nations terming the current situation in Sudan a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Today, millions of Sudanese people, particularly in Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan lack access to basic services, such as food, water, shelter, health, and education. Today, 7.4 million children lack access to safe drinking water and are at risk of waterborne disease and 3.4 million children under the age of five are at high risk of diarrheal diseases and cholera. Furthermore, the WHO and UNICEF have announced that disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10,000 young lives by the end of 2023. Beyond this, an estimated 19 million children are currently out of school in Sudan, and as this crisis continues, these numbers will only worsen.

Thus far, international mediation efforts have utterly failed at achieving any sort of understanding between the two warring forces, with the SAF and the RSF blatantly disregarding commitments to de-escalate fighting, minimize civilian harm, and refrain from any disproportionate attacks. Clashes between the two groups have continued and expanded throughout the nation, with the war now approaching its 7th month with no end in sight to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Furthermore, the RSF's recent seizure of Nyala, Sudan’s second-largest city and a major SAF stronghold, leaves me skeptical of the success of the second round of Jeddah talks which recently began on October 26th given the transparent disregard for any potential compromise with the SAF.

The Sudanese people have played no part in this conflict; two forces fight to rule a country of which neither of them were chosen by its people. It was the international community, including the Australian government's complacency, that waysided the civilians and legitimized the rule of the military, accepting the coup on October 25th, 2021 that laid the groundwork for this war with the belief that it would lead to personal gain. Now, the international community bears a responsibility to the Sudanese people and its large Sudanese diaspora to provide humanitarian relief to civilians and to apply pressure to help mediate an end to the conflict.

I call on you for tangible support of the Sudanese people. I request the following actions from the Australian Government to achieve legitimate civilian government in Sudan:

1. Call for an immediate ceasefire.
Australia should utilize effective pressure to support a broad international coalition to achieve an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a monitoring mechanism, safe corridors for humanitarian aid, and resumption of suspended aid operations.

2. Increase development and humanitarian aid to NGOs operating internally in Sudan focused on food and medical aid distribution.
The Australian government should ensure food safety and medical aid to the Sudanese people through NGOs such as the World Food Programme and the Red Crescent. Sudan is on the brink of famine with 43% of the population suffering from acute food insecurity - 6.3 million of which is a direct result of the conflict - and diseases are spreading. The Australian government should work to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian aid convoys.

3. Strongly condemn the shipments of weapons into Sudan from countries who are opponents of peace, including but not limited to the United Arab Emirates. These supply lines must be cut to prevent further death and destruction.

Sudanese people believe in freedom, peace and justice and peacefully fought for it through non-violent demonstrations. They want to return to their generational homes and continue their path to prosperity.

Will you act now to ensure that the Australian government is supporting the Sudanese diaspora in Australia by meeting the requirements stated above before the refugee crisis worsens further?

Kind regards,
<YOUR NAME>