Action
Following are the past four weekly Action messages delivered to all who join our mailing list. Please join us today so you too can Take Action to help stop genocide.
August 27, 2010
BIG news this week! Sudan Now ran an ad in Wednesday’s New York Times on the op/ed page (exciting!) You can see it at www.sudanactionnow.com.
NYT’s Nicholas Kristof tweeted about the letter to President Obama that 80 organizations (including the SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition) signed regarding his upcoming U.S. Sudan policy choice.
Now Sudan needs YOU!
Please visit www.sudanactionnow.com and sign the letter to President Obama asking him to make the right policy choice.
August 20, 2010
Foreign Policy Magazine reported that President Obama will soon make a decision regarding the U.S. Sudan policy. General Gration appears to be advocating for a “no pressures-minimize Darfur issues” plan that the majority of senior advisers favor.
The U.S. Sudan policy announced in October 2009 consists of the dual goals of working toward peace in Darfur and implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005, including the January 2011 referenda to be achieved by a balance of incentives and pressures calibrated regularly following quarterly reviews by senior Administration officials. To date, these officials remain divided on policy implementation, and no pressures have been applied despite consistent and continuing deterioration in conditions in Sudan.
Please take one or more of the following actions to urge President Obama to implement the policy as announced:
1. Sign the email petition at http://bit.ly/c2SrFK.
2. Facebook Post on the White House’s Facebook (Click “Like” if necessary for a comment box to appear):
Mr. President: It would be a grave mistake to put resolution of the crisis in Darfur on hold and drop the application of additional pressures on the increasingly abusive Government of Sudan. As your Administration recognized last October in its Sudan Policy, this brutal regime will respond only to a strong package that contains both incentives for concrete steps toward peace, and firm pressures and consequences for negative behavior. I am closely watching your decision. Now is the moment for you to implement a Sudan policy which, as you promised in 2008, leads a process for peace in Darfur, helps prevent another deadly war in Africa, and holds those responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity accountable.
3. Tweet this:
RT Decision on #Sudan policy is on @BarackObama’s desk. What will be the #ObamaLegacy on #genprev? http://bit.ly/aEkexV #SudanNow @presssec
August 13, 2010
Next Thursday, August 19, is World Humanitarian Day. Darfuris need more than the usual words spoken on these commemorative days.
The Government of Sudan has blocked humanitarian organizations from Kalma IDP camp in Southern Darfur, leaving approximately 100,000 civilians without protection services. It has also stated its intention to dismantle the camp, which could be disastrous to a population that has constantly been under siege and in danger. President al-Bashir is threatening to expel the UN protection force and aid organizations from Darfur.
Please tell Secretary Clinton to go beyond words and implement the AWOL U.S. Sudan Policy:
Facebook - Please copy and paste this message on the State Department Facebook page:
Secretary Clinton: August 19 is World Humanitarian Day. There must be more than words, in honoring the heroic, essential work by humanitarian workers in Sudan. The U.S. Sudan policy continues to be AWOL on civilian protection. The Government of Sudan has blocked humanitarian organizations from Kalma IDP camp in Southern Darfur (http://bit.ly/92wPXq), leaving approximately 100,000 civilians without protection services. It has also stated its intention to dismantle the camp (http://bit.ly/9vyf8X), which could be disastrous to a population that has constantly been under siege and in danger. President al-Bashir is threatening to expel the UN protection force and aid organizations from Darfur (http://bit.ly/bAc3j7). Now is the moment for a full diplomatic surge and implementation of the U.S. Sudan policy of incentives, pressures, and consequences.
Twitter - Tweet this message:
Pls RT: Civilian protection in #Sudan requires more than words. #SecClinton, implement US AWOL Sudan policy now. http://bit.ly/91qcOj
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Call – The State Department at 202-647-6575 and press 1 to record your comment.
August 6, 2010
A senior State Department official was quoted in The New York Times this week saying, “There is no sense of urgency that this is a crucial moment [in Sudan].”
This statement was made as violence increases in Darfur, the Government of Sudan denies access to humanitarian aid workers to the Kalma internally displaced persons camp in Darfur, and five months remain before South Sudan votes on separation.
Please don’t let this comment go unnoticed. Hold the State Department publicly accountable for inaction on Sudan by visiting the US State Department Facebook page and posting the following message, or your own:
Secretary Clinton: A member of your staff was quoted in The New York Times saying that there is no urgency behind your approach to Sudan. If you don’t act now, Sudan could return to all-out war. Please match your words with action and give the crisis in Sudan the attention it deserves. http://nyti.ms/9xNgeS
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Not on Facebook? Call the State Department at 202-647-6575 and press 1 to record your comment.
