Soros Foundations Network Calls on African Union to Promote Darfur Peace

Open Society Institute president Aryeh Neier and other senior members of the Soros foundations network sent a letter to members of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council calling on them to urgently do the following:

• prioritize protection of civilians in Darfur;
• persuade the government of Sudan to accept an expanded, UN-sponsored peacekeeping force in Darfur;
• press countries that are supporting Khartoum in refusing to allow a UN force to deploy to change their stance;
• maintain an AU protection mission on the ground in Darfur until a UN peace force is allowed to deploy;
• expand work to open safe corridors, demilitarize camps and other provisions included in the Darfur Peace Agreement;
• continue to pursue expanded peace talks involving all belligerents.

The full text of the letter is available for download below.

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