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تدعوكم رابطة دارفور بكندا للمشاركة فى اليوم العالمى لدارفور الاحد الموافق 29 ابريل 2007 المقام بمدينة منتريال
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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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ألإخوة ألاعزاء محجوب بشاشا ومحمدين
شـكرا على المرور ومعا من اجل هزيمة قوى الشر
مع خالص الود والتقدير

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مـعـا من أجــل حماية المدنيين ورعـايـة المحتاجين,

معا من اجـل الحقوق الإقليمية والتنمية المتوازنة

معـاً من أجـل رد المظالـم ومحاكمـة المسئولين



أحمـد الشايقي

Quote: معا من اجـل الحقوق الإقليمية والتنمية المتوازنة

معا من أجل الحقوق . PERIOD

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معا من اجل انسان دارفور



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Dear makki,

No More Last Chances for Genocide

Tell the White House it needs to stick to its deadline on Plan B.

Send your message

Earlier today, President Bush spoke at a press conference about Darfur. Unfortunately, although he finally offered some specifics about what "Plan B" will entail, he once again stopped short of enacting and enforcing the sanctions needed to make Sudan cooperate.

Instead of announcing the launch of "Plan B," which has already been delayed since its original January 1 deadline, President Bush agreed today to give Sudan one more "last chance" to cooperate with the international community.

According to U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, the new U.S. deadline for the Sudanese government to cooperate is the first week in May.

Tell the White House to stick to its new deadline and finally implement - and enforce - tough sanctions against Sudan if it has not begun to cooperate fully to end the genocide by the first week in May.

Click here to tell President Bush "No More Last Chances for Genocide."

We must keep the pressure on! Don't let this become another opportunity for Sudan to delay and cast aside its commitments to the international community.

The people of Darfur cannot afford any more "last chances" for the government that is sponsoring the genocide against them.

Click here to send a message to the White House that the people of Darfur need action immediately.

Once you've sent your message, please forward this email on to your friends and family and ask them to join you in taking action.

Thank you again for your dedication to ending the genocide. Your actions are making a difference for the people of Darfur.

Best regards,

David Rubenstein
Save Darfur Coalition

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P.S. Join Global Days for Darfur, a global week of rallies, marches and vigils from April 23rd to April 30th. Click here to find or host an event in your community and help call attention to the fact that time is running out for the people of Darfur.

إلإخوة ألإعزاء
Ahmed Mohamedain
أحمد الشايقي
Mohamed Suleiman
Elbagir Osman
مكي ابراهيم مكي
شكرا على المرور

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CANADA, YOU CAN HELP

Since 2003 Sudanese government and armed militias called the Janjaweed have systematically burnt villages to the ground and mercilessly killed over 300,000 people, forcing over 2.5 million survivors to flee to makeshift camps in the desert and neighboring Chad.
Women continue to be brutally and systematically raped as part of a genocidal policy carried out against the people of Darfur, The World Food Program reports that 3.5million people to need food now.
Thousands die each month from the effects of inadequate food, water, health care, and shelter in a harsh desert environment. All are afraid to return home because the countryside is not safe
The AU(African Union) has proved its inability in protecting the lives of civilians in Darfur, especially from attacks organized by the Sudanese government and its Janjaweed militias.

Sudanese government belligerently objected to sending a robust U.N. peacekeeping force to protect the innocent civilians and against modifying the current AU forces mandate from “observing of ceasefire” to “protecting civilians”, though now they have agreed to 3,000 UN force, but that is way below what 1706 resolution have asked for (22,000)
April 24, 2007 U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said: — Even a force of 100,000 peacekeepers could not secure peace in the Darfur region of western Sudan, only a comprehensive political solution to the crisis would end the four-year-old conflict in Darfur, "Without peace, there is no miracle. No security force will be able to guarantee security in the whole of Darfur. Darfur is very big,"
Regardless of the all UN resolutions which call for the “disarming of the Janjaweed” and the prosecutions of all those involved in committing human rights violations in Darfur; nothing has changed with the lives of civilians in Darfur.
Canada can take a leadership role, the least, can hold a global conference to address Sudan’s crimes against humanity, this step can make a real difference for Darfur, it can help with the solution approaches and mount a sustained international pressure on Sudan.
Darfur Map

1- CALL OR WRITE TO YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

HOW: Go to http://www.savedarfurcanada.org

select “Take Action”

2- WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Write a letter to the editor of one of your local papers. Tell them you appreciated their

reporting on Darfur (or that you didn’t appreciate their lack of reporting on the crisis!)

3- SIGN THE SDC PETITION!
Tell our Members of Parliament that Canada needs to take the international lead for DARFUR!
you can download the petition from www.savedarfurcanada.org



4- TELL SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT THE CRISIS IN DARFUR
The more others know about the crisis, the more likely they will take action.

5- MAKE A DONATION:
Make a donation to organizations working in

the field such as



*www.darfurdiasporaassociation.org *www.darfurassociation.ca *www.savedarfurcanada.ca

*OXFAM Canada *WORLD VISION Canada *DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS / Médecins

Sans Frontières

*CANADIAN STUDENTS FOR DARFUR (CSFDarfur)
* CHECK OUT IDEAS FROM: www.StandCanada.org, www.CSFDarfur.net

ROCK FOR DARFUR: www.myspace.com/rockfordarfur

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Complete list of Canadian events & media contacts attached

MONTREAL, QC: Sunday, April 29th

Concert/Rally: “Time’s Up: Protect Darfur Now!”

Media contact (English/ français): Tara Tavender, Save Darfur Canada, (514) 923-8368

Contact médias (français): François Mollicone, Sauvons le Darfour Canada, (514) 941-8430

CALGARY / EDMONTON, AB: Sunday, April 22nd to Sunday, April 29th

Walk for Darfur (300 km walk from Calgary to Edmonton)

Calgary, April 22nd, 9am: departure from Olympic Plaza

Edmonton, April 29th, 5-7pm: Concert & Rally at Churchill Square

Media contact: David Johnson, Walk for Darfur Coordinator, (780) 497-5648

VANCOUVER, BC: Sunday, April 29th

Rally: “Time’s Up: Global Day for Darfur”

Media contact: Clement Apaak, CSFDarfur, (778) 895-9242

Media contact: Melissa Chungfat, CSFDarfur, (604) 868-8872

NANAIMO, BC: Sunday, April 29th

Walk for Darfur

Media contact: Clement Apaak, CSFDarfur, (778) 895-9242

TORONTO, ON: Thursday, April 26th

Speakers & Fundraiser: “Canada: Darfur Can’t Wait”

Media contact: Carrie Wilson, Human Rights Watch (Toronto Network), (416) 322-8448

OTTAWA, ON: Sunday, May 6th

Demonstration: “Scream for Darfur” at the Chinese Embassy

Demonstration: “Vigil for Darfur” at the Sudanese Embassy

Other Media Inquiries

For General Info on Canadian Day for Darfur Events

Tara Tavender (English / français), Executive Director, Save Darfur Canada, (514) 923-8368
François Mollicone (français), Communications, Sauvons le Darfour Canada, (514) 941-8430

To Interview Darfurians in Canada (from the Darfur Association of Canada):

Ismail Adam (416) 816-4494 Bakri Abdalla (905) 570-5555
Mahjob Abdalla (416) 655-7756

Save Darfur Canada can arrange an interview in French – please contact us for more info.


For Info on Student Darfur Advocacy in Canada

Ben Fine, STAND Canada, (416) 305-4450

Clement Apaak, CSFDarfur, (778) 895-9242

*** Media Advisory ***
from Save Darfur Canada

TIME’S UP: PROTECT DARFUR NOW

Seven Canadian Events Mark the 3rd Global Day for Darfur on April 29th

On April 29th, Canadians will demonstrate with those around the world (more than 300 events) for the Global Day for Darfur, demanding an immediate deployment of UN peacekeepers to Darfur with both the mandate and means to protect civilians.

The Sudanese Government continues to act and negotiate in bad faith towards a UN or AU/UN hybrid protection force for Darfur, and the International Community must now draw the line. It is Darfurians who are paying the price in what the UN considers ‘the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today’ with their well-being, their security, and their lives.

Save Darfur Canada and its member organizations demand that Canada immediately increase humanitarian aid, diplomatic deployment and support to peacekeepers on the ground in Darfur, towards protecting civilians and ushering an end to the devastating four-year crisis.

“It’s essential that peacekeepers with a mandate and the resources to protect civilians be deployed to Darfur as soon as possible,” explains Save Darfur Canada’s executive director, Tara Tavender. “Millions of Darfurians are depending on the international community to protect them, and four years we’ve let them down. We’ve given the Sudanese Government too much time and room to maneuver on the issue of UN troops. Their time is now up, we must protect civilians Darfur.”