Global Day for Darfur
Unfortunately, the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan has continued despite the signing of a peace agreement on May 5th, 2006. People are still be raped, killed and displaced every single day. The Sudanese government still refuses to allow a UN Peacekeeping force into the region even though the UN has passed a resolution authorizing a force in the area, and has said that the African Union troops will have to leave at the end of this month.
To continue placing pressure on the international community to do something about the acts of genocide occuring in Darfur, September 17th has been designated at the Global Day for Darfur. Events are taking place all around the United States and in Canada in protest and support of Darfur. If you cannot make it to an event, you can wear a blue hat or the colour blue to represent the blue helmets of UN soldiers. Sign a petition and get involved.
http://amnesty.textdriven.com/home/index_darfur.php?lang=ing
http://www.dayfordarfur.org/index.asp
http://www.genocideintervention.net/index.php
posted by Chelsea at 9:49 PM
2 Comments:
Hey Shelse - thanks for reminding us all about the Darfur situation again. I got the info about Sept 17 a while back and posted but I really didn't have a way to remind people again. I'm glad you did.
I'm glad there's someone else out there who cares, at least that I know. I handed out posters in school last year about it and did a presentation on Darfur for a ninth grade class. I hate being so far away from where all of the big events are taking place.
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