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ANCA Ugres Protest of New Sudanese Government Attacks on Civilians
asbarez
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Photo depicting the cycle of genocide
Action alert reinforces call by Congressman Wolf for President Obama
to send Colin Powell to Sudan to stop renewed violence against Darfur
and South Kordofan
WASHINGTON - Armenian Americans are joining with human rights advocates
and genocide-prevention activists from across America in calling for
decisive U.S. action to stop the Sudanese government of indicted war
criminal Omar al-Bashir from continuing its brutal onslaught against
civilians in Darfur and South Kordofan, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America.
Community activists nationwide are raising this urgent crisis with
their local legislators, person-to-person, through phone calls, and
via on-line advocacy, including through an ANCA action alert that
sends pre-drafted WebMail messages to Members of Congress from the
ANCA website.
The ANCA action alert stresses that Armenian Americans, as citizens
with a direct connection to the Armenian Genocide and an enduring
commitment to ending forever the cycle of genocide, bear a special
responsibility to prevent atrocities all over the world. The Webmail
letter echoes an earlier call by U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA)
upon President Obama to send former Secretary of State Powell to
Khartoum to personally impress upon Sudanese President Omar al Bashir
that he must immediately call off his military's onslaught in Darfur,
Abyei, and the South Kordofan region of central Sudan. It also
outlined a number of additional steps that the Administration should
take, including:
Strengthened United Nations economic, political, and diplomatic
sanctions targeting Khartoum - with specific benchmarks, hard
deadlines, and concrete consequences.
Concerted efforts, in coordination with the United Nations, to ensure
that humanitarian provisions - most urgently water, food, and medical
supplies - are able to reach at-risk populations, including the
establishment of a no-fly zone over South Kordafan.
Expanded support for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in South Kordafan
and the African Union/UN Hybrid Operation (UNAMID) in Darfur.
The letter ends with a general call for a `clear and direct signal to
Khartoum' that the United States will not reward the Sudanese regime,
move toward normalization of relations with its government, or allow
it to conduct business-as-usual with the international community as
long as its leaders continue to defy international justice, and are
committing war crimes and atrocities against innocent civilians in
Darfur, Abyei, and South Kardofan.
Below are links to additional on-line information, and the full text
of the ANCA WebMail:
Asbarez
Fear Pervades Nuba Mountains that Sudan Government Intent on Genocide
By Samuel Totten, June 14, 2011
The New York Times
Fighting Takes Ominous Turn in Central Sudan
By Jeffrey Gettleman, June 15, 2011
Wolf Urges President To Send Colin Powell To Sudan To Salvage Peace
Agreement, June 9, 2011
Genocide Intervention Network
Help Prevent Violence in South Kordofan
TEXT OF LETTER TO CONGRESS
Dear Representative/Senator:
I am writing to ask you to support the principled call upon President
Obama by your Congressional colleague, Representative Frank Wolf, to
send former Secretary of State Powell to Khartoum to personally
impress upon Sudanese President Omar al Bashir that he must
immediately call off his military's onslaught in Darfur, Abyei, and
the South Kordofan region of central Sudan.
In addition to this urgent step, I would encourage you to work with
your fellow legislators and the Administration to support strengthened
United Nations economic, political, and diplomatic sanctions targeting
Khartoum - with specific benchmarks, hard deadlines, and concrete
consequences. In order to avert the worsening of the humanitarian
disaster already under way, please urge the White House to undertake
all necessary actions in coordination with the UN - including the
establishment of a no-fly zone over South Kordafan - to ensure that
humanitarian provisions - most urgently water, food, and medical
supplies - are able to reach at-risk populations. The UN Mission in
Sudan (UNMIS) in South Kordafan should be immediately expanded and, in
light of the ongoing crisis in Darfur, additional support should be
extended to the African Union/UN Hybrid Operation (UNAMID).
We need to send a clear and direct signal to Khartoum. We will not
reward its regime, move toward normalization of relations with its
government, or allow it to conduct business-as-usual with the
international community as long as its leaders continue to defy
international justice, and are committing war crimes and atrocities
against innocent civilians in Darfur, Abyei, and South Kardofan.
As an American devoted to tolerance, peace, and an end to the cycle of
genocide, I urge you to take urgent action to prevent further killing
in South Kordofan.
asbarez
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Photo depicting the cycle of genocide
Action alert reinforces call by Congressman Wolf for President Obama
to send Colin Powell to Sudan to stop renewed violence against Darfur
and South Kordofan
WASHINGTON - Armenian Americans are joining with human rights advocates
and genocide-prevention activists from across America in calling for
decisive U.S. action to stop the Sudanese government of indicted war
criminal Omar al-Bashir from continuing its brutal onslaught against
civilians in Darfur and South Kordofan, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America.
Community activists nationwide are raising this urgent crisis with
their local legislators, person-to-person, through phone calls, and
via on-line advocacy, including through an ANCA action alert that
sends pre-drafted WebMail messages to Members of Congress from the
ANCA website.
The ANCA action alert stresses that Armenian Americans, as citizens
with a direct connection to the Armenian Genocide and an enduring
commitment to ending forever the cycle of genocide, bear a special
responsibility to prevent atrocities all over the world. The Webmail
letter echoes an earlier call by U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA)
upon President Obama to send former Secretary of State Powell to
Khartoum to personally impress upon Sudanese President Omar al Bashir
that he must immediately call off his military's onslaught in Darfur,
Abyei, and the South Kordofan region of central Sudan. It also
outlined a number of additional steps that the Administration should
take, including:
Strengthened United Nations economic, political, and diplomatic
sanctions targeting Khartoum - with specific benchmarks, hard
deadlines, and concrete consequences.
Concerted efforts, in coordination with the United Nations, to ensure
that humanitarian provisions - most urgently water, food, and medical
supplies - are able to reach at-risk populations, including the
establishment of a no-fly zone over South Kordafan.
Expanded support for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in South Kordafan
and the African Union/UN Hybrid Operation (UNAMID) in Darfur.
The letter ends with a general call for a `clear and direct signal to
Khartoum' that the United States will not reward the Sudanese regime,
move toward normalization of relations with its government, or allow
it to conduct business-as-usual with the international community as
long as its leaders continue to defy international justice, and are
committing war crimes and atrocities against innocent civilians in
Darfur, Abyei, and South Kardofan.
Below are links to additional on-line information, and the full text
of the ANCA WebMail:
Asbarez
Fear Pervades Nuba Mountains that Sudan Government Intent on Genocide
By Samuel Totten, June 14, 2011
The New York Times
Fighting Takes Ominous Turn in Central Sudan
By Jeffrey Gettleman, June 15, 2011
Wolf Urges President To Send Colin Powell To Sudan To Salvage Peace
Agreement, June 9, 2011
Genocide Intervention Network
Help Prevent Violence in South Kordofan
TEXT OF LETTER TO CONGRESS
Dear Representative/Senator:
I am writing to ask you to support the principled call upon President
Obama by your Congressional colleague, Representative Frank Wolf, to
send former Secretary of State Powell to Khartoum to personally
impress upon Sudanese President Omar al Bashir that he must
immediately call off his military's onslaught in Darfur, Abyei, and
the South Kordofan region of central Sudan.
In addition to this urgent step, I would encourage you to work with
your fellow legislators and the Administration to support strengthened
United Nations economic, political, and diplomatic sanctions targeting
Khartoum - with specific benchmarks, hard deadlines, and concrete
consequences. In order to avert the worsening of the humanitarian
disaster already under way, please urge the White House to undertake
all necessary actions in coordination with the UN - including the
establishment of a no-fly zone over South Kordafan - to ensure that
humanitarian provisions - most urgently water, food, and medical
supplies - are able to reach at-risk populations. The UN Mission in
Sudan (UNMIS) in South Kordafan should be immediately expanded and, in
light of the ongoing crisis in Darfur, additional support should be
extended to the African Union/UN Hybrid Operation (UNAMID).
We need to send a clear and direct signal to Khartoum. We will not
reward its regime, move toward normalization of relations with its
government, or allow it to conduct business-as-usual with the
international community as long as its leaders continue to defy
international justice, and are committing war crimes and atrocities
against innocent civilians in Darfur, Abyei, and South Kardofan.
As an American devoted to tolerance, peace, and an end to the cycle of
genocide, I urge you to take urgent action to prevent further killing
in South Kordofan.