Daily Darfur: A word from our special envoy

by Martha Heinemann Bixby · 2009-06-18 06:06:00 UTC
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Yesterday morning US Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration briefed the media on the "Current Status of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Recent Travels".  Gration said:

I’ve learned through these trips that we need to have constructive dialogue with the international community, with all parties in Sudan. We need to have engagement with all parties to save lives in Sudan, to bring about a lasting peace. More suffering in Sudan is simply unacceptable. We need engagement to make a positive difference in Darfur. We need engagement to fully implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

This isn’t about discussions only. It’s about making a difference in the lives of the Sudanese people. It’s about getting results.

The rest of his briefing was, perhaps, a bit more controversial.

The Enough Project offers a useful play by play of the briefing and analysis of some of the places where Enough's John Norris believes the special envoy "strayed off the mark in several comments". On the PhD Studies in Human Rights blog William Schabas has a brief entry on why he agrees with Gration.  And over at UN Dispatch Mark Leon Goldberg asks: Where is the White House on Darfur?

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Stop Genocide Now is now on day four of their trip to refugee camps in Chad.  Check out their photos on Flickr for a glimpse into the lives of refugees.

The BBC has a new photo slideshow on Darfur's water woes.  The photos and captions describe the lack of clean water, and the difficult situation for refugees since the expulsion of humanitarian aid organizations in early March.

Quickies:

Bec Hamilton draws our attention to Julie Flint's new report for the Small Arms Survey, "Beyond Janjaweed: Understanding the militias of Darfur".

Students from the Haddonfield Memorial High School chapter of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) presented New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine with the HMHS Humanitarian Award - given annually to an individual who has shown strong leadership and support toward ending the genocide in Darfur.

Nicholas Kristof discuss mainstream media coverage in new blog entry, "Topless Celebrity Shoplifting vs. Darfur".

Photo from Stop Genocide Now.


Martha Heinemann Bixby
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