Darfur: Appeasement or Justice?
Ricken Patel
Next Friday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will convene the "Darfur Contact Group" of 17 leaders to help set the agenda for Darfur's peace talks. This is our best hope yet for voices to triumph over violence. Sign the petition below, forward it to friends and demand that the Contact Group deploy high-level diplomatic teams to the region to secure a fair and lasting peace for the people of Darfur. The petition will be delivered to UN representatives in New York at a huge rally organized by Avaaz and other Darfur activists:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/darfur
The mass killing in Darfur is a stain on the conscience of the world. Avaaz is built on the principle that every human life is of equal worth. That principle calls each one of us to act now to stand with the people of Darfur, and demand that our governments help them bring a final end to their long nightmare.
With hope,
Ricken, Ben, Milena, Tom and the rest of the Avaaz Team
P.S. For more information on the desperate situation in Sudan, see these links:
Article on Sudan's role in the "war on terror"
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3060
http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur
http://www.sudantribune.com
http://www.enoughproject.org/region/darfur/overview.php
http://www.savedarfur.org
http://www.24hoursfordarfur.org/main.php