Earlier this week, a group of grassroots Sudan activists released a letter to President Obama, calling on the president to remove Maj. Gen. Scott Gration from his responsibilities as the special envoy to Sudan. STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network continue to press the Obama administration to pressure the Sudanese government to institute electoral and security reforms prior to national elections this April. While we are not calling for Gen.
Refugees who flee persecution and violence at the hands of the Burmese military regime must cope with the living conditions in refugee camps in neighboring countries such as Thailand or Bangladesh as well as unstable legal status within those countries. Over 700,000 refugees have fled Burma.
After examining the importance of leadership and early warning for genocide prevention, this week STAND’s education team asked you to consider early prevention.
This week’s topic is early prevention, the third chapter of the GPTF Report. In this post you will find trivia and a discussion guide to bring to your chapter meetings. You can subscribe to weekly education newsletters which will include trivia, discussion, and weekly news briefs by emailing education@standnow.org.
This week’s discussion focused on Congo and intervention. The trivia asked you to name four intervention missions in the DRC (past or current) and the key actors involved. The discussion asked you to define intervention and to list the key features necessary for successful intervention. STAND’s Congo Education Coordinator Sharon Muhwezi provides her analysis.
In the coming weeks STAND will be announcing exciting updates on Congo advocacy opportunities with our partner, Enough. In the interim:
By Allyson Neville, GI-NET Senior Advocacy Associate
During last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama did not mention genocide prevention, nor did he reiterate the human rights commitments that he expressed so eloquently in the past. At this juncture, it is critical that we are not discouraged by President Obama’s omission of these subjects.
