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November 18, 2004
Genocide out of control yet still the UN refuses to act
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesReported today in The Scotsman:
Key points
• 35,000 die since UN first warned Sudanese government over its genocidal policy
• Situation in Darfur 'spiralling out of control'
• Critics say UN has failed to grasp urgency of situation in Darfur
Key quote
"Unless the Security Council backs up its earlier ultimatums with
strong action, ethnic cleansing in Darfur will be consolidated. And
hundreds of UN personnel will be on the ground helplessly watching as
it happens." - Peter Takirambudde of Human Rights Watch's Africa division
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THE price of the United Nations' procrastination over the genocide in Sudan is revealed today in stark human terms: 35,000 further deaths since the UN Security Council first warned Khartoum to clean up its act.
As the 15-strong Security Council meets in special session in Nairobi
today to debate Sudan, the crisis in Darfur is worse than on 30 July
when the first resolution was approved by 13 votes to nil. Every five
minutes, another person dies.
UN staff say the Khartoum government's armed forces have continued to
attack their own people. Refugees have been beaten while UN workers
stand by helplessly. Women and children have been gunned down in
Darfur's marketplaces. The world's worst current humanitarian crisis is
getting worse. Read More....
Posted by Hyscience at November 18, 2004 5:46 PM
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