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...strengthen its principled position. Sinopec lacks PetroChina’s clear and prominent relationship with the Sudanese government. Sinopec’s primary involvement with Sudan is in the construction of a pipeline from northern to southern Sudan, which will eventually produce revenues to be split between the Khartoum regime and the fledgling government of south Sudan, which recently ceased a two decades-long war against the north. Where PetroChina dealt solely with the Khartoum government, Sinopec’s revenue-sharing agreement was built into the peace agreement ending the civil war. Harvard’s divestment from Sinopec...
Once the pipeline from the Melut Basin is up and running, revenues will be shared by the Khartoum regime and the rebel-led government of South Sudan, said Jemera Rone, a researcher at Human Rights Watch in Washington, D.C. Until a final peace accord is reached ending the two-decade-long Sudanese civil war, the South’s share of oil revenues will accrue interest in an escrow fund, Rone said...
...deeper sense of hopelessness and uncritical acquiescence to the status quo. They ask: There are always going to be injustices in the world where our money may be invested, where will the protesting of Senior Gifts stop? This alone is not going to topple the genocidal regime in Khartoum, so why do it? And the most distressing question of all is arguably the most innocent: Why must there be a connection between my unconditional support for Harvard and the atrocities being committed in Sudan? Senior Gift Plus is making me choose between two good things?...
...Security Council struggles to decide what to do next about the murders and abuse engulfing the western Sudan province, the U.S. is circulating a draft resolution that calls for more peacekeepers on the ground in Darfur; imposes an arms embargo on all parties to the violence, including the Khartoum government; freezes the assets of, and bans travel by, individuals suspected of war crimes; and restricts offensive military flights. "We want a strong resolution with the widest possible support but which also makes a real difference on the ground for the Sudanese people," says a State Department spokesman. "We want...
...however, should be able to directly target Sudan and not have to spend its resources convincing Harvard to divest from companies doing business in Sudan. The unique position of Harvard to create political change by leveraging its endowment should be utilized to bring justice to the victims of the Khartoum regime...