Promoting Peace and Security in Sudan
This afternoon, ENOUGH Co-Chair, John Prendergast, briefed the Security Council during a special session on peace and security in Sudan. With its latest invasion-by-proxy in Chad, the Sudanese government is taking its defiance of the United Nations Security Council to a new level. As we speak, Khartoum is sponsoring and supporting an open and transparent effort to overthrow a neighboring government. A month ago, the regime burned the strategic town of Abyei to the ground, leaving the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) at extreme risk. This comes against the backdrop of a government offensive in Darfur and ongoing support to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), whose actions threaten the children of four countries.
Read John Prendergast's testimony here.
"Ending the catastrophe in Darfur requires a three-pronged effort that involves international protection for civilians, accountability for human rights abuses, and a peace agreement that resolves the underlying political issues, said Prendergast, "Equal efforts must also go into ensuring the implementation of the CPA and its provisions such as national elections and the referendum for the South."
Read John Prendergast's "Sudan and the Security Council: Accountability or Appeasement?" in The Huffington Post.
Jerry Fowler, Save Darfur Coalition President; Actress Mia Farrow, and Niemat Ahmadi, Darfuri Liaison Officer at the Save Darfur Coalition also presented at this special session.
Earlier this week, ENOUGH and the Save Darfur Coalition released a joint paper, "Keeping Our Word: Fulfilling the mandate to protect civilians in Darfur," which offers recommendations to overcome logistical and political hurdles to achieve full, effective deployment of UNAMID. Read the report here.
