Although Darfur has left the front page of most of our newspapers, things have NOT improved for the people of Darfur.
Pres. Bush will be making his State of the Union speech next week and we have a great opportunity to put some pressure on him to MAKE DARFUR A PRIORITY in U.S. foreign policy by making him state his resolve to end the Darfur conflict in his upcoming address.
Here is the text of an email message that you can send Pres. Bush TODAY to motivate him to step up the efforts of the USA to help the people of Darfur:
As you draft this year’s “State of the Union” address, please don’t forget to include the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. The “State of the Union” address will be given on the eve of the U.S. presidency of the United Nations Security Council. This creates a perfect moment for you to announce your intention to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, to introduce a resolution at the UN that will “re-hat” the African Union with blue helmets as a UN peacekeeping force with a mandate to protect and to authorize a broader multinational intervention.
As the only nation to have acknowledged the crisis in Darfur as genocide, it is the moral responsibility of the United States to lead the international community in action to stop the violence and protect the people.
This is the moment of truth, the moment at which you will determine your legacy. Will you be the President that takes the action necessary at the UN to stop the first genocide of the 21st century, or will you continue to turn your back on the people of Darfur?
And here is the website that you can go to to send this message:
http://www.africaaction.org
While you are there, I encourage you to also send the corrollary email to Pres. Bush about helping the children of Darfur.
Sending these emails may seem like trivial things but they can MAKE A BIG IMPACT FOR GOOD for the people suffering in Darfur.
Thanks for listening - and for helping the people of this humanitarian disaster.
Pres. Bush will be making his State of the Union speech next week and we have a great opportunity to put some pressure on him to MAKE DARFUR A PRIORITY in U.S. foreign policy by making him state his resolve to end the Darfur conflict in his upcoming address.
Here is the text of an email message that you can send Pres. Bush TODAY to motivate him to step up the efforts of the USA to help the people of Darfur:
As you draft this year’s “State of the Union” address, please don’t forget to include the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. The “State of the Union” address will be given on the eve of the U.S. presidency of the United Nations Security Council. This creates a perfect moment for you to announce your intention to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, to introduce a resolution at the UN that will “re-hat” the African Union with blue helmets as a UN peacekeeping force with a mandate to protect and to authorize a broader multinational intervention.
As the only nation to have acknowledged the crisis in Darfur as genocide, it is the moral responsibility of the United States to lead the international community in action to stop the violence and protect the people.
This is the moment of truth, the moment at which you will determine your legacy. Will you be the President that takes the action necessary at the UN to stop the first genocide of the 21st century, or will you continue to turn your back on the people of Darfur?
And here is the website that you can go to to send this message:
http://www.africaaction.org
While you are there, I encourage you to also send the corrollary email to Pres. Bush about helping the children of Darfur.
Sending these emails may seem like trivial things but they can MAKE A BIG IMPACT FOR GOOD for the people suffering in Darfur.
Thanks for listening - and for helping the people of this humanitarian disaster.