[Peace-discuss] Fwd: House Votes Today on Genocide in Darfur, Sudan

[Alfred Kagan]

>From: Africa Action <africaorganize at earthlink.net>
>Subject: House Votes Today on Genocide in Darfur, Sudan
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>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:52:49 -0400 (EDT)
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>		House Votes Today on Genocide in Darfur, Sudan
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>Today, the House of Representatives will vote on 
>a crucial resolution that calls the crisis 
>unfolding in Darfur by its true name: Genocide. 
>The resolution also calls on the Bush 
>administration to declare the events ìgenocide,î 
>and take action to stop atrocities and secure 
>humanitarian access in the region.  Please make 
>your voice heard on this important issue, and 
>make sure that your Congress member is voting in 
>support of this historic resolution.
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><http://capwiz.com/africaaction/utr/1/CYXODRCQWL/BGBWDRCRAF/>TAKE ACTION
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>In Darfur, the Sudanese government is destroying 
>African Muslim communities who have challenged 
>the authoritarian rule of the government. 
>Government forces and Arab militias known as the 
>janjaweed have burned and pillaged thousands of 
>villages, poisoned water systems, and subjected 
>the population to large-scale rape and other 
>atrocities. 
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>With 30,000 people already killed, Darfur now 
>faces the worst humanitarian crisis in the 
>world. Even if relief arrives now, 350,000 
>people may still die.  If relief does not 
>arrive, the toll will surely be many times 
>higher.
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>The resolution considered today is historic. 
>Never before has the House of Representatives 
>acted to declare genocide while the act was 
>still occurring.  As we learned in Rwanda, 
>pronouncements of genocide after millions have 
>been killed are insufficient; if this resolution 
>passes in the House today it will set an 
>important precedent for the U.S. Congress to act 
>in the critical case of genocide.  It also sends 
>a strong message to Colin Powell and the Bush 
>Administration that the time for action is NOW. 
>In addition to naming the genocide, the 
>resolution also calls for:
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>1.  U.S.-led multilateral, or even unilateral 
>intervention to stop the genocide should the 
>United Nations Security Council fail to act.
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>2.  Targeted sanctions on individuals directly 
>responsible for the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan.
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>3. A Darfur Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and 
>Reconstruction Fund so that those driven off 
>their land may return and begin to rebuild their 
>communities.
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>Write your Congress member today to ensure that 
>they vote YES on the resolution to ëDeclare 
>Genocide in Darfur, Sudaní.
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Al Kagan
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