Clooney, Wiesel warn UN of genocide in Darfur

[CHIMO]

Clooney, Wiesel warn UN of genocide in Darfur
Last Updated Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:49:43 EDT
CBC News

Actor George Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel appeared before the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to make an impassioned plea for immediate UN intervention in Sudan's Darfur region.

Clooney warned members that Darfur has become the first genocide of the 21st century and urged them to take action.

"Now my job is to come here today and to beg you on behalf of the millions of people who will die — and make no mistake they will die — for you to take real and effective measures to put an end to this," he said.

Clooney spent five days in Darfur in April with his father Nick Clooney, a journalist who writes a column for the Cincinnati Post. They've been working since their return to publicize the plight of the people.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/09/14/clooney-wiesel-darfur.html

Darfur heading for 'disaster' unless UN troops allowed in: Annan
Last Updated Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:28:50 EDT
CBC News

The troubled region of Darfur is heading for "disaster" unless the Sudanese government can be convinced to allow UN peacekeeping troops to enter, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Wednesday.

"If the African Union forces were to leave and we're not able to put in a , we are heading for a disaster. And I don't think we can allow that to happen," Annan told reporters at a news conference.

Last month, the Sudanese government rejected a UN resolution that would have given the world body authority over peacekeepers in the Darfur region.

The UN Security Council voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region, but said it would not deploy it until the Khartoum government gave its consent.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/09/13/annan-darfur.html

There have been repeated warnings that camps housing refugees from Sudan's Darfur region are overcrowded and short on food. This picture from 2004 shows a camp near Seleah village in West Darfur. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)

[applegrove]

1. Don't forget the 17th!! Find out about demonstrations in your area here:

www.savedarfur.com

[doublethink]

2. Here's a thread with a video of what Clooney said today......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2138492 and it only needs one more K&R here on DU for more attention. Peace.

[ellisonz]

3. The UN needs to step up to the plate...

poor Darfur

k & r

[City Lights]

4. He is supposed to be on the Today show this morning

to talk about this.