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 Re: مسيرة كبرى أمام الأمم المتحدة بنيويورك من أجل وقف مأساة أهل دارفور، الخميس 13-8 الساعة 12 ظ (Re: Khalid Kodi)
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Bearing witness, seeking justice-- sowing the seeds of peace.
76 Prospect Street, #2, Newark NJ 07105
* Telephone: 973-274-9424 * www.darfurrehab.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2009
CONTACT:
Blanche Foster, Acting Executive Director Yahya Osman, Vice President
[email protected] [email protected]
Telephone: 973-274-9424 (Cell) 1-347-825-9728
DARFUR REHABILITATION PROJECT AND THIRTEEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S. HOLD RALLY WITH URGENT REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE AND EFFECTIVE UNITED NATIONS ACTION TO PROTECT DARFURIANS
Newark, NJ, August 11, 2009 – Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Inc. in cooperation with Africa Action, Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy, Darfur Human Rights, Inc., Darfur People's Association of New York
(DPANY), Friends of Darfur, Fur Cultural Revival, National Religious Leaders of African Ancestry, New Jersey Coalition Responds to the Crisis in Darfur, Sudan,
New York City Coalition for Darfur, Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Sudan Sunrise and Women in the Diaspora will hold a rally to call attention to the ongoing need for the United Nations to continue to protect Darfurians in Darfur, Sudan and in the Chad refugee camps:
o Support International Criminal Court (ICC)
o Ongoing Suffering: Dire Need for Humanitarian Assistance
o Protection for Darfurian Women and Children
The rally will urge people worldwide to also give attention to:
o Activist Concerns: Genocide Against Darfurians
o Re-energizing Activism Network
The rally will take place:
Thursday, August 13, 2009 – Noon-4:30pm
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York NY
(47th Street and First Avenue, near United Nations visitors’ entrance)
Following, a panel discussion/dialogue will take place at the Church Center for the United Nations, 777 U.N. Plaza (44th Street & 1st Avenue), New York NY 10017
Limited Seating: First Come, First Served.
Press Release -2- August 11, 2009
A letter shall be presented to United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
Your Excellency:
On behalf of the Darfurian communities in the United States, we are writing to urge the United Nations to take immediate and effective action to end the systematic and well-organized genocide that has been perpetrated against the Darfurian people since the spring of 2003.
On behalf of the people of Darfur in the United States, we are committed to working with the international community and civil societies to secure a just and lasting peace in Darfur.
To that end, we the undersigned organizations, call for the following:
1. First, before all else, the peace agreement shall be in place to put an end to and to
solve the Darfur problem once and for all also to allow refugees and displaced persons
to return to their original homes;
2. Full implementation of all United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Darfur;
3. The immediate deployment of additional United Nations-African Union peacekeepers (UNAMID) to Darfur with a robust Chapter VII mandate to protect the innocent civilians and to bring stability in the region;
4. The immediate disarmament of the Janjaweed militia by the Government of Sudan to be verified by the African Union as well as by United Nation peacekeeping forces;
5. The sufficient provision of humanitarian aid for the millions of civilians who desperately rely upon it and unfettered access for the humanitarian organization which deliver aid;
6. The supplementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement to include fair terms regarding the compensation and rehabilitation of IDPs and refugees, also a commitment from the international community to the implementation of the agreement; and
7. Support from the international community for the International Criminal Court in its investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators of the conflict.
8. We, the Darfurians in the United States, are very concerned about 1) ongoing
attacks on the displaced camps and the raping and abduction of young girls;
2) the last comments made by Special Envoy, Gration, when he referred to lifting the sanctions and removal of the Sudanese government from the terrorist list;
3) the U. S. Envoy’s position on the ongoing genocide against the Darfurians
wherever they are located.
9. Co-sponsors of this rally are available for media interview. Please contact the media
coordinator: Mohamed Adam Yahya (434-409-9638) or Blanche Foster, 973/274-9424.
We believe the United Nations has the power, the mandate, and the responsibility to protect the suffering civilians of Darfur. Peace in Darfur will help bring peace and stability to all of Sudan and to neighboring countries. We sincerely urge your Excellency to support and stand for these measures to be adopted and implemented immediately.
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Khalid Kodi
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست