OurPledge

From Darfuri native Niemat Ahmadi’s June 17 statement to the UN Security Council (read the full statement here):

“As you know, the war has displaced well over 100,000 civilians just since the beginning of this year — that’s nearly a thousand a day — many for a second or third time, as the Secretary-General told the Council on April 4th of this year.”

“…As described in the just released report by SDC and the Enough Project, the failures [of the UN] so far emphasize the need for this Council to ensure that all the necessary resources required for UNAMID deployment be immediately provided and that sanctions be placed on those Sudanese government officials responsible for obstructing deployment. There is no good reason that UNAMID still does not have the helicopters, trucks, or personnel that it requires to have an even minimal impact on the ground.”