Copy and paste the link to sign the letter: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/darfur/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5190 ___________________________________________________________________________________ (letter I recieved from the save darfur colation. The tragedy in Darfur has reached a critical moment. Already millions of Darfuris – driven from their homes – are completely dependent on international aid for food, medicine and shelter. But due to escalating violence, much of that aid can no longer reach those who need it most. A UN peacekeeping force remains the only hope to bring peace to the region. But the peacekeeping force – already authorized by the UN Security Council – might never make to Darfur if the Sudanese government doesn't agree to let it in. That's why it's so important that our world leaders ramp up the pressure and demand that the peacekeepers are admitted. Click here to send a message to President Bush and Kofi Annan. Remind them that the international community is watching, and that we refuse to let the atrocities in Darfur continue. Join us in demanding that Bush and Annan: Push for immediate deployment of the already-authorized UN peacekeeping force. Strengthen the understaffed African Union force already in Darfur until the UN force is deployed. Implement a fair and lasting Peace Agreement. Increase humanitarian aid and ensure access for delivery. Now is the time to make sure our leaders are paying attention. Hundreds of thousands will rally in New York City – and in other cities around the world – this Sunday, September 17. Bush and Annan must see that public pressure to end the genocide in Darfur is stronger and more unified than ever. Never before has the U.N. authorized a peacekeeping force that wasn’t eventually deployed. Tell our leaders not to let Darfur become the exception
It is not just Bush that needs to be pressured, Bush does not soley control the UN. Presidents from around the world need to be pressured to put an end to this madness. How long has this been going on? Too much tolerance! You are right, such senseless killing is going on as we speak and it could be stopped.
On tuesday Bush gave a speech to the UN and announced he has created a special envoy to Sudan, led by former head of USAid.
Yea because Bush gets so much support for overthrowing tyrants who kill and abuse their own people. The US should not be waiting around to the UN to grow some balls. We should be in there saving and fighting for the innocent people who do not have the power on their own to fight the Arab Militias. If there is an outrage in America right now it shouldn't about Iraq but the fact that we are allowing this to continue when it is in our power to stop it. Let the UN do what they are good at, patting themselves on the back.
The UN should grow some balls? The UN pats itself on the back? None of this makes sense. The UN is a place where governments meet. It doesn't decide things itself, it has no standing army. It has no power at all. Countries go the UN as a forum, and if they agree on something, they can act through the UN. But the idea that the UN can decide something itself and act on it makes absolutely no sense.
