ACTIVISTS CORNER: Q & A

Q. Are the sanctions against Sudan proposed by Pres. Bush likely to end the genocide in Darfur? Are the inactions of other states, such as the European Union, likely to have any effect? Would pressure from China have an effect? What is likely to press China to act?

A. See the following for up-to-date analyses and suggested actions:

Eric Reeves: www.sudan.reeves.org

Africa Action: www.africaaction.org

Enough! A project of the International Crisis Group and Center for American Progress to abolish genocide and mass atrocities: www.enoughproject.org

Genocide Intervention Network: www.genocideintervention.net

Save Darfur, an alliance of over 100 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations: www.savedarfur.org

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Enough, Genocide Intervention Network and the Social Science Research Council presented a debate, “What to do about Darfur,” between

John Prendergast and Alex deWaal on May 30, 2007:

www.ushmm.org/conscience/analysis/details.php?/content=200