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News and InformationNews and InformationDecember 13, 2008 UN Secretary-General Pushes for Restart of Peace Process in DarfurSource: Voice of America News U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon said he will continue to press for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the Sudanese province of Darfur. He acknowledged the difficulties, but said the effort to bring more than five years... December 11, 2008 Bush urges Obama to keep Darfur pressure on SudanSource: AFP US President George W. Bush, in a message seemingly aimed at successor Barack Obama, said Wednesday the United States must keep pressure on Sudan's government over its war-torn Darfur region.
December 10, 2008 Security Council Must Stop Using Veto in Cases of Genocide, Group SaysSource: CNSNews.com Members of the United Nations Security Council should not be allowed to use their veto power to block or weaken resolutions on genocide or mass atrocities, a bipartisan team of former policymakers said Tuesday, as the U.N. marked... December 9, 2008 Panel urges creation of genocide alert systemSource: ernational Herald Tribune - Paris Declaring the prevention of genocide "an achievable goal," a task force that includes several prominent figures close to President-elect Barack Obama recommended Monday that an interagency group be created to analyze threats,... December 8, 2008 Report Gives Obama Advice on Handling Genocide ThreatsSource: Washington Post Over the past several years, President-elect Barack Obama, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. have repeatedly urged stronger action to deal with mass violence in... December 4, 2008 U.N. Urged to Persist With Sudan Leader's War Crimes CaseSource: Washington Post The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to resist calls by African, Arab and Islamic states to defer prosecution of Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir on... December 3, 2008 United Nations Sends Team to Subdue Violence at Darfur CampSource: Bloomberg.com The United Nations sent a team of armed peacekeepers to a camp for people displaced by war in Sudan’s western Darfur region to calm violence between residents and militia members December 2, 2008 The world's most heinous crimeSource: CNN They share a deep sorrow: an idealistic American who tried to protect the Kurds of Iraq, a Canadian general who refused to follow orders in Rwanda, a French priest who fought for the soul of Cambodia.
December 1, 2008 Darfur getting more dangerous: UN humanitarian chiefSource: AFP Sudan's war-torn Darfur is becoming ever more dangerous, warned the UN's top humanitarian official on Sunday, calling for rapid progress towards a political settlement after a government ceasefire.
November 30, 2008 Sudan politicians claim stake in Obama heritageSource: Reuters Sudanese politicians claimed Barack Obama as one of their own on Saturday as they belatedly celebrated his election as U.S. president, hailing his family roots in their country. Much has been made of Obama's father's origins in... |
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