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For Immediate Release May 29, 2007

Fighting Genocide In Darfur

President Bush Announces Increased Sanctions Against The Government Of Sudan

Today, President Bush Announced The Expansion And Tightening Of Economic Sanctions Against The Government Of Sudan. The United States is now taking the steps the President outlined last month because the government of Sudan continues to violate its numerous commitments to stop the violence and suffering in Darfur.

President Bush Announced These Steps Last Month In A Speech At The U.S. Holocaust Museum. The U.S. held off on implementing them because the United Nations believed President Bashir should be given a “last chance” to meet his obligations to stop the killing. It is now clear that he has continued to break his word.

The World Has A Responsibility To Help Put An End To The Genocide In Darfur. The people of Darfur have suffered for too long at the hands of a government that is complicit in the bombing, murder, and rape of innocent civilians. The Bush administration has called these actions by their rightful name: genocide.

President Bashir Has Not Fulfilled His Obligations To Stop The Violence in Darfur

President Bashir Has Not Met His Obligations, And The Dire Security Situation On The Ground In Darfur Has Not Changed. President Bashir’s actions over the past few weeks follow a long pattern of promising cooperation while finding new methods of obstruction.

One day after President Bush spoke about this matter last month, President Bashir’s military bombed a meeting of rebel commanders designed to discuss a possible peace deal with the government.

In the following weeks, he used his Army and government-sponsored militias to attack rebels and civilians in south Darfur.

He has taken no steps to disarm these militias in the year since the Darfur Peace Agreement was signed.

His senior officials have continued to oppose deployment of the UN Peacekeeping Force.

Today, The U.S. Is Taking The Steps President Bush Announced In April

The Department Of Treasury Is Tightening U.S. Economic Sanctions On Sudan.

With this new effort, the United States will more aggressively enforce existing sanctions against Sudan’s Government.

The Treasury Department will add 30 companies owned or controlled by the Government of Sudan to its list of Specially Designated Nationals.

The U.S. is also targeting an additional company that has been transporting weapons to the Sudanese government and militia forces in Darfur.

All these companies are barred from the U.S. financial system, and it is a crime for American companies and individuals to knowingly do business with them.

The U.S. Is Targeting Sanctions Against Individuals Responsible For Violence. These sanctions will isolate these persons by cutting them off from the U.S. financial system, barring them from doing business with any American citizen or company, and calling the world’s attention to their crimes.

The President Is Directing The Secretary Of State To Consult With The United Kingdom And Other Allies On A New United Nations Security Council Resolution.

This resolution will apply new sanctions against the Government of Sudan and against individuals found to be violating human rights or obstructing the peace process.

It will impose an expanded embargo on arms sales to the Government of Sudan.

It will prohibit Sudan’s Government from conducting any offensive military flights over Darfur.

It will strengthen the international community’s ability to monitor and report any violations.

Today’s Action Builds On Previous U.S. Efforts To Achieve Peace In Darfur

America’s Commitment Is Clear, And We Are Working For The Day When The Families Of This Troubled Region Are Able To Return Safely To Their Homes And Rebuild Their Lives In Peace.

Since this conflict began, we have provided more than $1.7 billion in humanitarian and peacekeeping assistance for Darfur.

The U.S. is the world’s largest single donor to the people of Darfur.

The U.S. Will Continue To Push For UN Support For African Union Peacekeepers And Quick Transition To A UN-African Union Force.

African Union peacekeepers remain the only force in Darfur that is protecting the people.

The U.S. will continue to work for the deployment of a larger, hybrid force of African Union and UN peacekeeping troops.

We will continue to support the diplomacy of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

The U.S. will also continue to insist on the full implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement.

The U.S. will continue to promote a broadly supported and inclusive political settlement that is the only long-term solution for the crisis in Darfur.

The United States Will Not Avert Our Eyes From A Crisis That Challenges The Conscience Of The World

The people of Darfur are crying out for our help – and they deserve it.

The United Nations Security Council, the African Union, and all members of the international community must reject efforts to obstruct implementation of the agreements that would bring peace to Darfur and Sudan.

President Bashir should stop his obstruction, allow the peacekeepers in, and end the campaign of violence that continues to target innocent men, women, and children.

Yes, but why doesn’t President Bush take some trained troops from the war in Iraq and just end the genocide in DarFur? It doesn’t make any sense to me, talk is cheap, action is needed, Just thought you should know. Thank you.

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Love,

George :)

a UN backed peacekeeping envoy for Sudan was announced by Kofi Annan:)

one small step… i’m trying to be optomistic, but we’re talking about the UN here… time will tell, but this is the best chance for peace in the darfur region :)

peace,
kdf

and gather more signatures. So I just need to move this on my list. Happy Holidays.

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Love,

George :)

I received an e-mail urging me to do this, which I of course did, but thought why not pass it on :)

Human Rights First has been calling for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to appoint a Special Envoy for Darfur. Secretary-General Annan’s term ends on December 31. We have only 16 days left. Click here to urge Secretary Annan to appoint an envoy for Darfur right now. http://www.hopefordarfur.org/

Many of you represented the victims in Darfur by signing our petition calling for this envoy. In November, our Executive Director Maureen Byrnes personally delivered the petition with more than 32,000 signatures to Mr. Annan.

We urge you to help us make one final concerted push – ask him to appoint someone of the highest international stature to focus solely on the crisis in Darfur. The Special Envoy would coordinate a joint global response to Darfur – by being firm with countries that are shielding the Sudanese government and by being an honest broker with all parties to the conflict.

Time is running out. Click here to tell Secretary Annan to appoint a Special Envoy to help resolve the crisis in Darfur.
http://www.hopefordarfur.org/

Thank you.

Jill Savitt
Campaigns Director
Human Rights First

Save the Date – December 10 – to Help With the Global Day on Rape and Sexual Assault in Darfur

Last September Human Rights First had the idea for – and helped organize – the Global Day for Darfur. Their efforts led to events in more than 40 countries to draw attention to the Darfur crisis. They now want to draw attention to the massive levels of rape and sexual violence in Darfur. On December 10, thousands of women will demonstrate outside Sudanese embassies worldwide, showing solidarity with the women of Darfur.

Your support could make a real difference. Please go to www.globefordarfur.org for more information about how you can get involved.

I will be!

Peace – kdf

Be A Witness Send the local networks a letter and ask them why they do not publicize the genocide in Darfur?

Please watch the genocide video

Here is where you can add your name to a long list of people asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ACT and help stop the genocide in Darfur – I did!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/163304037?ltl=1159932058

Sat 23 Sep 2006

Fresh fears for Darfur as civilians bombed
CHRIS STEPHEN IN NEW YORKSUDAN was accused of launching fresh attacks in the Darfur region yesterday, killing dozens of civilians in a campaign of “indiscriminate aerial bombing”.

The attacks come amid reports Sudan is preparing a major offensive in the region.

United Nations monitors said the air-strikes were launched at the village of Tabarat, in northern Darfur.

“People talk about this white plane and bombs being dropped out of the back. This is a recurrent feature,” said Jose Luis Diaz, a UN spokesman.

“Civilians in villages in north Darfur are forced to flee due to indiscriminate aerial bombardment by government aircraft.”

Additionally, monitors say the pro-government Janjaweed militia has attacked and raped women at camps for some of Darfur’s two million refugees. The reports come as the UN in New York tries to patch together an agreement for a beefed-up peacekeeping force for Sudan.

This week Sudan agreed that African Union peacekeepers could remain in the region until January, beyond their present mandate, which expires at the end of the month.

But UN officials say this fails to solve the problem as the 7,000-strong AU force has neither the troops nor the mandate to stop violence that has killed 200,000 since 2003. Sudan has blocked UN plans to deploy a 20,000-strong force and officials are trying to negotiate a compromise.

Officials in New York say that Khartoum, frustrated with the failure of two of the three rebel groups in Darfur to sign a peace deal, is preparing a fresh offensive. Over 10,000 government troops are reportedly in the region and a new wave of ethnic cleansing is feared.

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Last updated: 23-Sep-06 01:04 BST