Darfur: Let them all die

  1. Posted on Friday 20 February 2009 - 16:08
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    Savo Heleta, AfricaNews reporter in Johannesburg, South Africa
    A day does not pass without some Western diplomats blaming the Sudanese government for the conflict and suffering in Darfur. But at the same time the Western governments do not want to talk about their empty promises to help Darfurians, which have been largely ignored immediately after being proclaimed.
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    In a report titled "Empty Promises on Darfur: International community fails to protect," Amnesty International has criticized the international community "for its failure to improve the security of people in Darfur since the deployment of peacekeeping troops by the United Nations more than one year ago."

    The report states that the "promises made to the people of Darfur that they would be protected through the deployment of a peacekeeping force ring hollow; UNAMID remains chronically under-resourced and attacks against civilians, including killings, continue."

    Helicopters for the Darfur mission are a great and sad example of the lack of will and interest to help civilians caught in this deadly conflict.

    Since July 2007, the UN, African Union, and aid groups have numerous times asked the world powers to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) with six attack helicopters and eighteen transport helicopters so they can start protecting civilians in Darfur.

    Helicopters are essential for any success of the mission in the vast and remote Sudanese region the size of France.

    To this day, no country has supplied even one helicopter for the Darfur mission.

    Yes, the Sudanese government must be blamed for the conflict and anguish of millions in Darfur. But what did the international community do to ease the suffering, protect civilians, and end the conflict?

    Perhaps if Darfurians were white or if Sudan's oil was not already controlled by China, the Western governments would even consider doing something to protect innocent people and end the Darfur conflict.

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