62 نائب امريكي يقدمون رسالة للرئيس اوباما لتغيير سياسته تجاه الخرطوم

Quote: The Honorable Barack Obama President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Obama: We are proud of the role the United States played in facilitating a relatively peaceful transition to independence for South Sudan earlier this year. However, this alone will not solve the issues plaguing Sudan. In fact, recent events in Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Darfur provide clear evidence that the Administration’s policy toward Sudan must be reinvigorated to address the urgent humanitarian and civilian crises facing millions of Sudanese. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was intended to lay the foundation for a new reality in Sudan. It was built around three core principles: fairer distribution of power and wealth between the center and the peripheries, democratic transformation, and the right of southern Sudanese to determine their own future. The United States must now adopt a Sudan policy that addresses and confronts the root of the problem: marginalization of the peripheries by Khartoum.

Quote: According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since the beginning of September, a steady stream of refugees from Southern Kordofan fleeing the fighting has surged from about 100 a day in August to about 500 people a day currently, while 25,000 people are reported to have recently fled from Blue Nile into Ethiopia. There are credible reports of ongoing aerial bombardments in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states, as well as verified bombing attacks across the border in South Sudan. In civilian areas controlled by the SPLM-North, there are reports of extrajudicial killings, illegal detention, disappearances, and attacks against civilians. Evidence gathered through satellite imagery by the Satellite Sentinel Project shows at least eight mass graves found in and around Kadugli, the capital of Southern Kordofan. The situation is made worse by the fact that the people of Southern Kordofan are enduring this violence at the height of harvest season. By preventing proper harvest of crops and precluding any opportunity to plant for next season, in addition to denying access to vital humanitarian aid, the Government of Sudan is essentially using food as a weapon. If left unaddressed, this region will soon face severe famine, as well as unceasing violence and displacement.

Quote: In Darfur, the Government of Sudan has increased aerial bombing since December 2010, displacing more than 115,000 people. Relief agencies remain unable to access significant areas of Darfur. Reporting and verification of violence has become virtually impossible, as humanitarians and even peacekeepers are cut off from vulnerable populations[/QUOTE] في دارفور ، زادت الحكومة السودانية من القصف الجوي منذ ديسمبر 2010 ، مما قاد إلى تشريد أكثر من 115000 شخص. ووكالات الإغاثة لا تزال غير قادرة على الوصول إلى مناطق كبيرة من دارفور. أصبحت التحقق من التقارير حول العنف مستحيل ، إذ يتم قطع المساعدات الإنسانية, ومنع قوات حفظ السلام من الخروج لحماية السكان المعرضين للخطر.[/B]