UN Chief Condemns Deadly Strikes on Nursery, Hospital

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The United Nations stands ready to support genuine steps to end the fighting in Sudan and chart a path towards a durable peace.
48% : In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was appalled to learn that multiple drone strikes on 4 December had hit a children's nursery and a hospital in Kalogi, where the injured were being treated.
44% : It had been transporting lifesaving supplies to North Darfur when it came under fire, seriously injuring the driver of a UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) truck.
41% : Echoing those concerns, the head of UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that Kalogi Rural Hospital had been targeted at least three times, killing 114 people including 63 children.
38% : As Sudan's civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state - and the targeting of first responders trying to help the wounded.
36% : "As fighting intensifies, the horrific human rights violations and abuses reported in El Fasher in recent months, as well as reports of serious violations of international humanitarian law, must not be repeated in the Kordofan region," the UN chief's Spokesperson insisted.
24% : " UN rights chief's plea The development comes after the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk, said that he feared "another wave of atrocities" in Sudan.

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