Darfur Daily News: June 01, 2005

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New News Item:

Children Seek Food From UN's Annan In South Sudan

By REUTERS
Published: May 29, 2005
Filed at 9:20 a.m. ET

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-sudan-annan.html

RUMBEK, Sudan (Reuters) - U.N. chief Kofi Annan said on Sunday he would press donors to meet aid pledges for southern Sudan after he was confronted by a stark message on the urgent need for food on his first visit to the war-battered region.

Skip to next paragraph ``Kofi, no food, hunger imminent,'' read a banner held up by a small group of children on the roadside as his convoy passed along the dirt streets of Rumbek, the southern bastion of former rebel leader John Garang. The government and Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed a deal in January to end a 21-year-old conflict that has left the vast expanses of southern Sudan with virtually no infrastructure and a precarious existence for many.

Donors promised $4.5 billion to bolster the peace deal at a conference in Oslo in April, but aid workers say donors are failing to send food needed to avert the south's worst hunger crisis since a 1998 famine in which at least 60,000 people died.

Sudanese opposition leader to boycott interim government - EU is genuine security actor says NATO DU discussion link here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3765092&mesg_id=3765092

The original article Nairobi, Wed 1 Jun 2005 Deutsche Presse Agentur report via ReliefWeb:

http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/

Second MSF aid worker arrested in Sudan posted by rayofreason and the DU discussion on this topic at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1512382



GENEVA (AFP) - A second Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) aid worker has been arrested in Sudan, a spokesman for the international aid group, Aymeric Peguillan, told AFP.

Read it all at:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050531/wl_afp/sudandarfurmsf_050531112659

Thanks to SAVE DARFUR at:

http://www.savedarfur.org/go.php?q=latestNews.html


Latest News

June 1, 2005

Dutch summon Sudan envoy over aid worker arrest

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8662035

Reuters

The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the Sudanese ambassador to complain about the arrest of a Dutch aid worker with Medecins Sans Frontieres over the agency's report about rape in Darfur.


Students try to end UW ties to Sudan

http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=Articles&-response=newspage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=13419&-search

The University of Washington Daily

A small group of UW students is working with the UW administration and the Board of Regents to end the UW's economic ties to the Sudanese government and send a message to companies that support the country.

Darfur Calendar

– updated June 1st 2005

Washington, DC - * Weekly

Every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30PM
A Sudan Speak Out and Vigil
Lafayette Park

This event is being organized by Africa Action
[e-mail] 202 546 7961

Brooklyn, NY - June 5, 2005

Day for Darfur is a day to educate ourselves on the crisis in Darfur and call on the U.S. government to awake from its slumber. St. Ann's School, Brooklyn Heights, 129 Pierrepont St. between > Clinton and Cadman Plaza. Organized by Daniel Frederick Levin, 3rd grade teacher, and other > concerned faculty/high school students.

RSVP or contact with questions at [e-mail]

St. Louis, MO - June 9, 2005

7:30 PM (2 hrs)
Photo Exhibit in St. Louis, MO
STOP THE SLAUGHTER IN DARFUR Featuring- -Amnesty International Country Specialist Scott Edwards -Sudan/Darfur Photo Exhibit

For more details see the calendar at http://www.genocideinterventionfund.org

Abuja - June 10, 2005

NIGERIA-SUDAN: Darfur PEACE TALKS set to resume in Abuja on 10 June

June 11th & June 12th

National event being organized by Darfurian exiles.

http://www.protectdarfur.org/Pages/Campaign_Files/Campaign_Calendar.htm

Arlington Heights, IL - June 12, 2006

At 3:30 pm. Informal dinner to follow
Planning Meeting and request for volunteers. We will set goals and plan activities for the year. At 630 West Campbell Street. Event planned by the Chicago Alliance to End Genocide

Martha Cook [e-mail]

Washington, DC - June 14, 2005

Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Survey of Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Key Findings and Recommendations (Not on Darfur per se but about the whole region including Iraq).At Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Put on by Woodrow Wilson Center & Freedom House.

To confirm time and place, contact Maria-Stella Gatzoulis on the day of the event: tel. [phone].

Check their page for the latest updates and notices. http://www.wilsoncenter.org /

All – Nationwide - June 20, 2005

World Refugee Day
UNHCR To find out about events in your area or to plan one go to:

http://www.unhcr.ch /.

Philadelphia, PA - June 20, 2005

Dinner, Panel Discussion & slide show.
Directions: 3420 Sansom Street Near the U of Penn in West Philly... Sansom St. is between Walnut & Chestnut Streets..between 34th & 35th Sts. Presentation by Dr. Jerry Ehrlich; Dr. Ibrahim Imam; Stephanie Nyombayire; Rev. Isaac Miller – (the rector of The Church of the Advocate and a founding member of The Darfur Alert! Coalition). Table Talks at 6 PM include a three course dinner, followed by the speakers and discussion from 7:30 – 9 PM. $38/person includes tax and gratuity. reservations with advance payment (its complicated – go to the site below)

For more details see the calendar at http://www.genocideinterventionfund.org

All – Nationwide - June 26, 2005

DENOUNCE TORTURE - Events
Contact Amnesty to find out about the events nearest you
Amnesty International

http://www.amnestyusa.org/events /

New York City, NY - June 26, 2005

Time: 10:00 to afternoon.
Please join the New York City Jewish community in an afternoon dedicated to raising funds for Emergency Relief in Darfur, Sudan, discussing strategies for activism, and reflecting on Jewish issues raised by the ongoing crisis. The initiating sponsors of the event are the American Jewish World Service, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, and Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. All funds raised will benefit the American Jewish World Service's Sudan Emergency Appeal.

Additional details will follow. Inquiries about volunteer and co-sponsorship opportunities should be directed to Barak Epstein at [e-mail]

For more details see the calendar at http://www.genocideinterventionfund.org

New York, NY - June 27

9:45 am - 11:45 am
New York, NY: A World Refugee Day Commemoration, Portraits of Suffering and Courage: Lifting Up Sudan. The Rt. Rev. Catherine Waynick, Bishop of Indianapolis and John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group and former Clinton Administration Advisor on Africa. The Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue, between 43rd and 44th Streets.

For more information, call 212-716-6057 or send email to [e-mail] .

To see original post: http://www.amicc.org/calendar.html#june05

Perthshire, Scotland - July 6th to 8th

As the current President of the G8, the UK hosts the G8 Summit at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland

http://www.protectdarfur.org/Pages/Campaign_Files/Campaign_Calendar.htm

Minneapolis, Minnesota - Tuesday, July 12, 2005

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. or 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (not specific to Sudan)
Border Crossings:a one-hour introduction to the work of ARC
Nearly 35 million people around the world have been displaced by civil conflict. Learn how ARC is making a difference in the lives of these vulnerable people.

ARC World Headquarters
430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204
Minneapolis, Minnesota

To reserve a seat, call [phone].

If you are in the Chicago area, please contact Judi Burnison at [e-mail] or [phone] to arrange a personalized introduction to the American Refugee Committee.

http://www.archq.org/events.shtml

Second MSF aid worker arrested in Sudan posted by rayofreason and the DU discussion on this topic at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1512382



GENEVA (AFP) - A second Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) aid worker has been arrested in Sudan, a spokesman for the international aid group, Aymeric Peguillan, told AFP.

Read it all at:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050531/wl_afp/sudandarfurmsf_050531112659

State-led murder and rape of villagers in Darfur - African Union reports posted by WesDem and catch the discussion at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3757720


The Original article the Scotsman by GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN
CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT:

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1160&id=594012005

Action:

Here is an earlier thread by Frenchiecat that got 'heated' but filled with lots of great information & action to take.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=235&topic_id=6725

Wes Clark to do Democratic Radio Response this Saturday! posted by FrenchieCat

For more on the discussion that followed regarding Democratic response:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1812086

Another lively discussion:

Amnesty International Report 2005 posted by Jack Rabbit

For more on this DU discussion including Amnesty's reports on Darfur go to:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=92262



Amnesty International

http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/index-eng

During 2004, the human rights of ordinary men, women and children were disregarded or grossly abused in every corner of the globe. Economic interests, political hypocrisy and socially orchestrated discrimination continued to fan the flames of conflict around the world. The “war on terror” appeared more effective in eroding international human rights principles than in countering international “terrorism”. The millions of women who suffered gender-based violence in the home, in the community or in war zones were largely ignored. The economic, social and cultural rights of marginalized communities were almost entirely neglected.

To read the article by Kofi Annan as posted at the DU by Violet_Crumble:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=116&topic_id=10177

In Larger Freedom": Decision Time at the UN direct link to article From Foreign Affairs, May/June 2005:

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050501faessay84307/kofi-annan/in-larger-freedom-decision-time-at-the-un.html

STOPPING THE DARFUR GENOCIDE: We need ANSWERS to these QUESTIONS: posted by Nothing Without Hope

We still need more ideas. We are acting on the ones we can. But more involvement would be excellent. For this DU discussion go to:

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3724411

UNITED NATIONS SITUATION REPORTS

May 30th:
http://www.unsudanig.org/emergencies/darfur/sitreps/data/2005/situation-report-146.pdf

May 31st:
http://www.unsudanig.org/emergencies/darfur/sitreps/data/2005/situation-report-147.pdf

Action:

Take 10 minutes for Darfur -- 10,000 a month are dying posted by WesDem

DU site for taking action:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3730018

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1. Link to today's Darfur Daily News: June 02, 2005 thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3773778