Stop the genocide in Darfur,Sudan.

“The total number of refugees and displaced people is more than seven million. About five million result from the war between North and South, the others are victims of the war in Darfur. Their needs and the immense poverty in Sudan, partly due to the war, together with the size of the country and the long duration and complex character of the wars make the humanitarian and peace keeping operation in Sudan one of the largest UN missions ever.”

WERIevents WORLD REFUGEE DAY DARFUR 2008

Already hundreds of thousands are dead, and more than 2.5 million men, women, and children have been driven from their homes. But if we can convince our leaders to make Darfur a priority, we can save hundreds of thousands of lives.

SaveDarfur.org

 

UN Mandate

The mandate of the United Nations mission has been laid down in Security Council Resolution 1590, adopted by consensus in March 2005.

 

The mandate includes the coordination of activities beyond peace: return of refugees and displaced people, disarmament and demobilization of combatants and re-integrating them into society, de-mining, reconstruction and economic development, monitoring of human rights, preparing elections and – last but not least – a referendum six years after the peace agreement. That referendum will provide the answer to the question whether Sudan will remain one state – with a fair degree of autonomy for South Sudan – or whether the country will be divided into two states.

 Jan Pronk/UNMIS

 

~ by werievents on June 5, 2008.