Sudan: The Passion of the Present: Army Calls UN Resolution Declaration of War

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August 02, 2004

Army Calls UN Resolution Declaration of War

Yesterday, armed forces spokesman General Mohamed Beshir Suleiman said that the UN resolution was a declaration of war:

"The Security Council resolution about the Darfur issue is a declaration of war on the Sudan and its people,"... "The Sudanese army is now prepared to confront the enemies of the Sudan on land, sea and air." [TVNZ]

The World Food Program, unable to get food to the camps directly because of the lack of security, has started air dropping food. [Reuters]

200 French troops are preparing to patrol the Chad border to protect the refugees from genocidal raids, and Australia is considering sending troops. UN and Sudanese officials are meeting today. [Sydney Morning Herald]

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The Passion of the Present (the essay)

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In Darfur, a region in western Sudan approximately the size of Texas, over a million people are threatened with torture and death at the hands of marauding militia and a complicit government. Genocide evokes not only the moral, but also, the legal responsibility of the world community. Under international agreement, a nation must intervene to stop a genocide when it is officially acknowledged.
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