Unless he changes his position and takes account of our demands, he is not welcomed in our camps because he does not consider us.
Those words were spoken by a representative of Darfur’s internally displaced persons, who have decided against meeting US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration when he visits their camps.
The IDPs feel that Gration has [...]
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President Obama spoke in Ghana following the G8 summit. While encouraging Africans to take responsibility for their own future, he does acknowledge that the genocide in Darfur is not simply an African problem. He calls for an international system to oppose human rights violations and help those who have suffered. He specifically spoke out against the criminality [...]
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Special envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration does not seem to be in-sync with the US State Dept. This past Wednesday, after a series of visits with the government of Sudan, he released a statement saying
“What we see is the remnants of genocide. What we see are the consequences of genocide, the results of genocide.”
On [...]
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Posted in news and opinion, tagged barack obama, darfur, envoy, genocide, scott gration, sudan, susan rice, UN, us on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What we see is the remnants of genocide.
Those words were spoken today by US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration whose recent trip to Darfur did not convince him that a genocide is TAKING place – only that a genocide TOOK place.
Gration also remarked that the humanitarian gap caused by Sudan’s expulsion of major aid groups [...]
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While in Germany this Friday, US President Barack Obama plans to visit Buchenwald, a former Nazi concentration camp. As he prepared for the tour, Obama discussed current efforts to end the genocide in Sudan -
The phrase “never again” means that the international community has an obligation even when it’s inconvenient to act when genocide is [...]
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Posted in news and opinion, tagged barack obama, bosnia, cairo, cairo university, darfur, genocide, obama, sudan, video on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Barack Obama recently spoke Cairo University “outlining his personal commitment to engagement with the Muslim world, based upon mutual interests and mutual respect.”
And he mentioned Darfur.
For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. When a new flu infects one human being, all [...]
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How much longer do the people of Darfur have to wait?
That’s what New York Post columnist Kirsten Powers wants to know.
Expressing her disappointment at US President Barack Obama’s failure to live up to campaign promises regarding Darfur, Powers questions why Obama has been so quick to fix the economy, healthcare, and financial regulations while stalling on [...]
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