The Republic of Sudan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Office of the Spokesperson and Media Directorate
Press Release
Further to its complaint to the United Nations Security Council last March against the United Arab Emirates, and subsequent correspondence on the matter, Sudan has furnished the Security Council with new details of the ongoing aggression by the UAE against Sudan and its people through the RSF terrorist militia.
These new details are highlighted in a letter from Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York to the President of the UN Security Council, dated October 11, 2024. The letter includes images of heavy artillery ammunition boxes bearing the UAE’s name, seized by the Sudanese Armed Forces following battles in Jebel Moya. In addition, trucks transporting weapons and ammunition to the militia, with Dubai registration numbers and plates, are also seized, along with newly manufactured UAE medical supplies and medicines in the militia’s possession. The letter clarifies that these items are now in the hands of the Sudanese Armed Forces and can be inspected by UN experts.
The letter also cites credible reports that the UAE continues to recruit mercenaries from various countries to fight alongside the militia in Sudan, a tactic the UAE has used in its military interventions in other nations. This, in addition to the financial, logistical, and diplomatic support the UAE provides to the militia, further implicates its involvement.
Sudan’s letter points out that the UAE is treating militia fighters wounded in battle at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, attaching images of several fighters receiving treatment there.
The letter emphasizes that the UAE is no longer an indirect supporter of the militia but rather a “vicious frontline player in the war of aggression” against Sudan and its Armed Forces. It further states that these actions make the UAE a rogue state, defying international law and the UN system, while destabilizing other nations. The letter adds that the UAE’s involvement supports a settler project in Sudan, based on the racial superiority embraced by the terrorist militia, threatening coexistence and stability in the region.
The letter calls on the Security Council to take a firm and unequivocal stance against the UAE’s continued aggression toward Sudan and its role in the atrocities against civilians. It urges the Council to condemn the UAE’s actions in the strongest terms and hold it fully accountable under international law for its aggression against Sudan.