The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday warned of atrocities brewing amidst aggravated conflict in Sudan's Kordofan region.
Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, stressed that Kordofan is at risk of becoming "another El Fasher", referring to the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, where thousands of civilians were reportedly killed in a year-long siege.
"Since 25 October, when Rapid Support Forces captured Bara city in North Kordofan, my Office has documented at least 269 civilian deaths from aerial strikes, artillery shelling, and summary executions," Turk said.
Turk also noted that due to the conflict, large-scale telecommunications and internet outages have occurred in Kordofan, and the actual civilian death toll may be significantly higher than currently reported, and that over the past month, more than 45,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the region.
Kordofan is located in central-western Sudan and serves as a key corridor between the capital Khartoum and the Darfur region to the west. Since the second half of this year, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a continuing struggle for control of the area.
"Once again, I urge all states with influence over the parties to take immediate action to halt the fighting, and stop the arms flows that are fueling the conflict. Have we not learned our lessons from the past? We cannot stand idly by and allow more Sudanese to become victims of horrific human rights violations. We must act, and this war must end now," Turk said.
UN warns against atrocities in Sudan's Kordofan as violence escalates
China holds a core and dominant position in global offshore wind power production capacity, according to a report released Thursday at the 22nd World Wind Energy Conference and the 3rd Shantou International Wind Power Technology Innovation Conference in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province.
The report indicates that suppliers within the global wind power industrial chain are primarily concentrated across three major regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas.
In terms of production capacity distribution, the Asia-Pacific region maintains its position as the world's largest hub for wind turbine assembly and key component manufacturing, leveraging its comprehensive industrial ecosystem. China and India dominate onshore wind power production capacity, while China serves as the core center for offshore wind power capacity, said the report.
Stefan Gsanger, secretary general of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), hailed China's market scale and technological development for wind power. "General wind power is around 1.2 terawatts now of installed capacity worldwide, out of which offshore wind is around 83 gigawatts. China is by far the largest market, offshore and onshore. It's a stable market. There is a very strong supply chain here in China. Technology-wise, China is a leading country now," he said.
Gsanger also underscored the great potential for China's wind power export.
"China has just started to export wind turbines. I think there is a big potential because many markets, many countries need to buy the equipment, and that is a great opportunity now for the Chinese wind industry," said the secretary general.
The report predicts that by 2030, most countries will face capacity bottlenecks in both onshore and offshore wind power supply, but China is not among them.
Data indicates that China's wind power industry is accelerating its expansion overseas.
"Over the past few years, China's wind power exports have accelerated at a rapid pace, achieving a compound annual growth rate exceeding 50 percent. To date, we have cumulatively exported wind turbines with a total capacity exceeding 20 million kilowatts, reaching 57 countries and regions worldwide," said Qin Haiyan, secretary general of the Chinese Wind Energy Association.
China holds core leading position in global offshore wind power production: report
