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 Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) (Re: bakri abdalla)
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region raises a profound question: How does the world community respond to the spectre of genocide? One Canadian group -- STAND Canada (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) -- believes it is time for Ottawa to take a leadership role in addressing Khartoum's crimes against humanity. STAND has asked a selection of prominent thinkers to write in support of the group's mission. In an ongoing series, the National Post has been printing their essays. Today's final instalment by Mark Malloch Brown, former deputy secretary-general of the UN, argues that Darfur will be saved only if a critical mass of Western citizens pressure their leaders to act.
There is a campaigner's dilemma for those seeking to bring an end to the tragedy in Darfur. Public opinion in Canada and around the world is essential to success. People must demonstrate, write to their political leaders, and make their outrage clear. Many have. The dilemma is that we will stay mobilized only if we see results.
A million Americans are now a part of an email network against genocide. American cities have seen demonstrations against the terrible crimes being committed in Sudan. And President Bush has forcefully aligned himself with those demonstrating. But the killing goes on. So what can Canada, or more to the point, you, do?
Campaigns need successes. Instead, as each previous contributor to this series has demonstrated, we get frustration. And that quickly leads to the question: What more can we do? We all have other causes. We have kids' soccer or ice hockey matches to go to, and community responsibilities to meet. There is a real danger that we will throw in the towel and move on.
So let me first say: Don't. The crisis of Darfur is far away, and compelling Western national interests are not at stake. Public outrage is therefore a vital spur to action.
As Kofi Annan's deputy at the United Nations in 2006, I saw the attention paid to Darfur see saw in Western capitals in direct correlation with the scale of public outrage. When public opinion was quiet, Mr. Annan and I felt pretty lonely with just the company of a few like-minded ambassadors and NGOs. But when the West speaks out, progress can be made. This week is a case in point: Yesterday, Sudan officially informed the United Nations it would accept UN attack helicopters as part of a support package for an African Union peacekeeping force operating in Darfur.
Canada does have a special role as the sponsor of the new, and now jeopardized, doctrine of Responsibility to Protect. And Canada knows better than most how to knit together international civil-society action with that of government. The Canadian-championed campaign against land mines remains a model for this kind of combination.
However, Canada and others have to understand the real pressure points for an effective effort. Each time the debate heats up, it seems to migrate immediately to talk of military action: no fly-zones or highly mobile and well-armed UN ground troops. Such proposals would close down vital international humanitarian operations without much prospect of stopping the Sudanese government's murderous activities. The net result could be even more lives lost.
As in all peacekeeping projects, the right starting point is the political problem not the military solution. This is particularly true now that the conflict has spread into neighboring countries such as Chad, and has become, geographically, a Western Europe-sized disaster.
It would take a lot of gunships to keep such a big area pacified. Instead, we must tackle the conflict's political roots: a Sudanese government that has grown brazen and rich on the strength of an oil boom. Khartoum is less interested in peace than outsiders assume because peace would force the government to share its oil wealth with its people. Sudan's government is therefore more likely to be influenced by the prospect of losing that oil income than by the carrot of peace.
This requires more international criminal indictments of Sudanese officials, the kind of banking sanctions that have brought North Korea to the negotiating table, an expanded travel ban on senior officials, and, if necessary, sanctions that prevent the purchase of Sudanese oil. If that is hard to swallow for China and other allies of Sudan's government, there is a role for a public campaign: a consumer boycott of those allies' exports until an oil-sale ban is enforced. With the Beijing Olympics around the corner, that is a powerful threat to China. And consistent with my seesaw principle, its diplomats seem anxious to find a solution whenever they see Western public opinion incensed. Finally, there should be a shareholder disinvestment campaign against Western companies involved in the Sudanese oil sector.
But there must be equal political pressure on Darfur rebel leaders who stayed out of the May, 2006 Abuja agreement that was intended to end the conflict. Those governments and NGOs that have influence need to convince all rebel groups to come back to negotiations with the Sudanese government under international auspices. The rebels have blood on their hands, as well.
Finally, peacemaking must be done in partnership with Sudan's neighbours. That is why the recent Arab League mediation was important. Black Africans are losing their lives and Africa, through the African Union, must also speak out for them.
If these kind of tough political pressures are applied evenhandedly to both sides then there will be a peace for African Union and UN peacekeepers to keep. To get from here to there, politicians from Ottawa to Khartoum need to understand that we, the people, care about this and are not going away until we find a solution. - Mark Malloch Brown is a distinguished visiting fellow at Yale. In 2006, he was deputy secretary general of the United Nations.
The National
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/sto...122-2a937b03084c&p=1
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| رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-17-07, 09:26 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-17-07, 09:28 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-17-07, 09:30 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-17-07, 08:39 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Bashasha | 04-17-07, 09:12 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Mahjob Abdalla | 04-17-07, 11:32 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | محمدين محمد اسحق | 04-17-07, 11:39 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-18-07, 11:13 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-18-07, 11:52 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-19-07, 00:43 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Ahmed Mohamedain | 04-18-07, 01:24 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | أحمد الشايقي | 04-19-07, 01:02 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Mohamed Suleiman | 04-19-07, 01:06 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Elbagir Osman | 04-19-07, 03:18 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | مكي ابراهيم مكي | 04-19-07, 09:35 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-21-07, 02:55 AM |
 Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-25-07, 03:37 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Mahjob Abdalla | 04-25-07, 05:16 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-26-07, 09:34 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | محمدين محمد اسحق | 04-26-07, 09:50 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | ابوعسل السيد احمد | 04-26-07, 10:34 PM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | Mahjob Abdalla | 04-27-07, 03:00 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-28-07, 00:09 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-28-07, 00:11 AM |
| Re: رابطة دارفور بكندا تدعوكم بمناسبة اليوم العالمى لدارفورر 29 ابريل (Montreal ) | bakri abdalla | 04-28-07, 00:13 AM |
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