The IRC is calling on the world not to give up on South Sudan but to make every effort to ensure that the fighting stops. "Without immediate, high level engagement to stop the violence, the people of South Sudan will face more killings and be plunged further into a food crisis," says IRC president David Miliband.
“South Sudan is at tipping point. Without immediate, high level engagement to stop the violence, the people of South Sudan will face more killings and be plunged further into a food crisis. Having lost two of our own staff in the recent wave of killings, we know that people fear they are running out of options on where to flee.”
- International Rescue Committee president David Miliband in an IRC statement released on Apr. 27.