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...This declaration comes as the UN continues to offer no substantial relief to the people of Darfur, where more than 200,000 have already died in inter-ethnic violence. It took two years for the UN to even officially recognize the massive violence in Western Sudan, and, even then, it has not termed the massacre of innocents “genocide.” The Outcome Document devotes just one line to an expression of remembrance for the Holocaust, but it dedicates two entire paragraphs to an exhortation for “all international sporting bodies to promote?...
...then, do students continue to hit the pavement? Without a draft to oppose or a president to elect, students search for some purpose in their lives, and they usually find it in the latest fad, like unionizing hotel workers or divesting from Darfur. Because these issues hardly affect students, students hardly affect these issues’ outcomes. As a result, campus activists take solace in their intent instead of their impact. Unlike their apathetic friends, they at least cared enough...
...world was stunned with the slaughter of a million lives and vowed, “Never again.” And now, 15 years later, how does the world respond to a genocide that has claimed the lives of 300,000 people and displaced more than 2.5 million in Darfur? While the International Criminal Court has indicted the president of Sudan, Omar El-Bashir, the Arab League has rushed to support him. This Arab reaction is shamefully self-interested and dangerously lays the ground open not for “never again” but instead...
...they can sever diplomatic ties with Sudan or call for a G8 summit to discuss further steps. They should not consider a military operation, mainly because it will lead to a very costly long-term commitment. But they should increase the presence of the UN peace-keeping forces in Darfur to ensure that a second genocide does not take place...
...unclear why kidnappings of aid workers have taken off so quickly. One reason could be that the tactic has spread from Iraq, where insurgents have kidnapped hundreds of foreign contractors since the U.S. invasion in 2003. As in Iraq, kidnappings of foreign aid workers - like those in Darfur - "make for a more visible political statement" than attacking local humanitarian staff, says the ODI report. Aid organizations have always insisted that they do not pay ransoms for their kidnapped staff. But the reality is more complicated. A few years ago, MSF Holland won a lawsuit against the Dutch government, which admitted...