Sudan: Day of Conscience

The Save Darfur Coalition has identified today as Sudan: Day of Conscience. On Sunday, the UN Security Council will meet to review Sudan's progress -- or lack thereof -- in living up to its commitments to stop the genocide of the non-Arab population of Darfur. Sadly, the government of Sudan has focused more on creating the illusion of progress than on progress itself. Human Rights Watch continues to document evidence that the government of Sudan has been waging its campaign of genocide even during the UN's 30-day deadline period. We must do everything we can to urge the UN to endorse the plan put forth by the International Crisis Group, which includes a new UN Security Council resolution authorizing a force of up to 3,000 African Union peacekeepers, which the African Union has gladly offered. Only through the kind of robust combination of force, aid, and diplomacy outlined by the International Crisis Group will we be able to stop this genocide in progress.