Delays Are Killing Darfur
by Danny Fisher
This from Amnesty International:
- Last summer, the United Nations Security Council voted to send 26,000 peacekeepers to protect the people of Darfur and United Nations member states made enough pledges to send those 26,000 troops and police to Darfur in a mission called UNAMID. Today, fewer than 11,000 peacekeepers are on the ground, and the force still lacks essential helicopters, despite warnings from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that without these helicopters the mission in Darfur “is at risk.” Pledges of troops, police, and equipment have been made but many of those pledges have not been fulfilled. Delays in deploying peacekeepers with the resources they need to support their mission are killing Darfur. The United Nations Security Council must act on its commitment to protect Darfur and insist that pledges of troops, police, and equipment are fulfilled. UN officials have projected 80% deployment by the end of 2008 but this projection is widely believed to be exceedingly optimistic. The UNSC must take action and outline precisely how UNAMID will fully and quickly deploy in Darfur.
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This is crazy. Why is this CRISIS not known worldwide? I live in the
U.S. and I have heard nothing about this. I am a 17 year old student doing research in which I am to contrast the happenings with Darfur to the Holocaust. I was like what in the world is a Darfur. but now I see that this is an issue that everyone needs to know about. Like during the Holocaust, we can join forces and stop these people. Someone needs to do something and NOW.