Pakistan, Oct. 18 -- As Sudan's civil war and humanitarian crisis deepen without a breakthrough, Pakistan has fervently called on all parties to respect international law, emphasizing that the conflict cannot be resolved militarily. "The fragmentation of the State, or the creation of parallel political and governance structures, cannot provide a pathway to peace," the Acting Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Usman Jadoon, told the UN Security Council which debated the situation in Sudan.

Sudan has been engulfed in the conflict since April 2023, when fighting erupted between former allies - the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF).

What began as a power struggle metastasized into de...