what good is progress in darfur without the security to maintain it...

earlier this year, with your help, the united nations security council (unsc) agreed to send 26,000 au/un peacekeepers into sudan to help bring peace to a war torn region...a well-trained, fully-resourced peacekeeping force will bring much-needed stability and security to a land of over 2 million displaced people...however, at this point, support is only a promise, not a guarantee...

it falls to us to ensure that the unsc fully implements their plan of action in order to bring peace to darfur...without swift action, civilians will continue to be pawns in violent war games...the killing, rape and abduction will not stop until order is restored and accountability enforced...

tomorrow is united nations day and has been declared a national day of action on darfur by amnesty international...on october 24 amnesty international usa’s executive director and the advocacy director for africa will deliver half a million global petition signatures directly to the white house...by mobilizing on u.n. day you will be reinforcing the urgent message we are sending to the white house:

There can be no more delays, the U.S. government must take immediate and effective action to ensure the full deployment of UN peacekeepers into Darfur by early 2008, including adequate funding for peacekeepers and humanitarian assistance in Darfur, Chad and Central Africa Republic.

so please remember to sign the global petition for darfur by october 24th and your signatures will help send the message to the white house that the violence in darfur will not be tolerated...

between october 24 (united nations day) and the end of november, amnesty international usa will continue to gather signatures on the global petition and amnesty international usa will deliver a second round of signatures to the u.s. administration on december 10 (international human rights day), to underscore our urgent demands...signatures must be received by amnesty international usa’s washington office no later than november 30 to be included in the second and final delivery...

i send a big thank you to the over 466,000 people who have already joined me in signing the petition, including the members of the 400,000 faces for darfur facebook group (y'all rock!)...

peace out <3