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...decision, University President Ruth J. Simmons wrote that Brown will “exclude from [its] direct investments, those companies whose business activities can be shown to be supporting and facilitating the Sudanese government in its continuing sponsorship of genocidal actions and human rights violations in Darfur...
...group of students and faculty that advises the Corporation, Harvard’s highest body, on investment decisions—when it recommended that Harvard sell its holdings in Beijing-based PetroChina. The oil firm has been accused of facilitating the ongoing genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.But did the ACSR accurately synthesize Bok’s views? In an interview last spring, Bok declined to weigh in. “I never bite the hand the quotes me,” Bok said.WILL HE TURN BACK THE CLOCK?Despite last April’s landmark decision...
...stake had increased by 1,150 shares by the end of last year, according to SEC filings. The group laid out plans to begin a coordinated campaign for divestment at an organizational meeting of 13 students yesterday. Morse and Benjamin B. Collins ’06, co-founder of Darfur Action Coalition, outlined a plan to mobilize students and faculty that included petitions, faculty outreach, and a full report on divestment. The group plans to have a table at the upcoming faculty meeting on Feb. 28 to rally support for divestment. The students accused firms operating in Sudan...
...SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAS CALLED ON THE WEST TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO STOP THE KILLING IN DARFUR. IS GENOCIDE THE RIGHT TERM FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING? Sounds right...
Manav K. Bhatnagar ’06 is a Sanskrit and Indian studies and government concentrator in Eliot House. Benjamin B. Collins ’06 is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. Both are members of the divestment wing of the Harvard Darfur Action Group...