Contents
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♦ Background on Sudan, Darfur and the situation
♦ Why It's Genocide
♦ Government Statements and Actions: UN, US, UK, EU, Sudan etc.
♦ NGO Campaigns, Reports and Statements
♦ Key Documents
♦ Who's Who in Sudan and Darfur
♦ Maps and Charts
♦ About Eric Reeves


Background on Sudan, Darfur and the Situation
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• International Crisis Group, provides a concise, clear description and analysis of the crisis in Darfur and its relationship to the situation in Sudan. Includes links to other ICG resources on Darfur and Sudan.
• Washington Post, July 1, FAQs on the genocide.
• US Agency for International Development, full description of the humanitarian crisis, including maps and statistics on bombings.
• "Dying in Darfur: Can the Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan be Stopped", August 30th, Samantha Power in "The New Yorker"
• "A Dozen Reasons Why Khartoum Wants a War in Darfur", Ali Ali-Dinar, a Darfurian academic based in the US.
• "The Emergence of the Janjaweed", Alex de Waal and Julie Flint
• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Special Report on Darfur and the prospects for peace in Sudan.
• "Racism at the Root of Sudan's Darfur Crisis", Christian Science Monitor, July 14, 2004
• "Darfur Mortality Update", August 13, 2004, Eric Reeves* analyses the data available and puts the total death toll in Darfur at 180,000 people. See also Reeves' analyses of July 6, 2004, July 15, 2004, and July 30, 2004
• Round up of the various aspects of the Situation, July 21, 2004, Eric Reeves*.
• "Khartoum's Gamble", June 25, 2004 Eric Reeves* argues that the Sudanese Government continues with the genocide in Darfur because it doesn't believe the international community will intervene.
• "Darfur Mortality Update", March 11, 2005 Eric Reeves*
• "The International Failure to Confront Khartoum", March 17, 2005 Eric Reeves*
• "Current Security Conditions in Darfur: An Overview", April 7, 2005 Eric Reeves*
• "Darfur: Women Raped Even After Seeking Refuge", Human Rights Watch

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UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in Darfur

"What isn't properly named, cannot be properly understood"

Why it's Genocide
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• "Indicators of Genocide", 23 June. A Physician for Human Rights Field Team report, "compelling information that a genocidal process is unfolding in Darfur".
• "Unmistakable Evidence of Genocidal Intent", 16 June. Eric Reeves* provides a legal analysis based on the 1948 Convention Against Genocide to argue that the Sudan Government's obstruction of humanitarian access makes Darfur a clear case of genocide.
• July 23, 2004, "US Congress Unanimously Defines Darfur Violence as 'Genocide', All Africa.com, The US Congress passed resolutions declaring Darfur a "genocide" and calling on the US Government to intervene to secure aid supplies, unilaterally if necessary.
Full Text of Senate Resolution (House Resolution is identical)
• US Presidential Candidate Calls Darfur "Genocide", Bloomberg, 16 July
• "Horror in Darfur", Boston Globe, 11 July, this editorial describes Darfur as a slow-motion genocide.
• "It's Targeted Genocide", San Francisco Chronicle Editorial, 6 July.
• "Thousands Die As World Defines Genocide", Financial Times (UK), 6 July.
• "Is the Darfur Conflict Genocide?", 21 June. Further arguments from Eric Reeves* about why Darfur is a clear case of genocide.
• Open Letter to Jemera Rone of Human Rights Watch, 2 July. Eric Reeves* defends his verdict that Darfur constitutes genocide.

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President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan

Government Statements and Actions
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Sudanese Government
• Sudanese Embassy in US, has latest news and press releases from the Government.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Official Site
• July 20, 2004, Reaction to the Collapse of AU Sponsored Talks
• July 19, 2004, Full Government News Brief on Darfur and Related Issues
• July 4, 2004, Annoucement by the Khartoum regime of a plan for 1 million people displaced from Darfur to return to their homes. The Government here denies that the situation in Darfur is either ethnic cleansing or genocide.
• July 3, 2004, Joint Gov. of Sudan-UN Communique
• April 8 Ceasefire Agreement on Darfur : full text of the agreement signed between the Government of Sudan and rebel forces in Darfur.

The African Union
has sent a 60 person team to Darfur to monitor the April 8 ceasefire agreement. The team will be supported by 100-300 military personnel.
• Increasing AU troops, not serious response to insecurity in Sudan's Darfur
• May 9, 2005, "Expand African Union Mission in Darfur" Human Rights Watch Letter to the African Union Peace and Security Council


The United Nations
• Complete Collection of UN Statements, Reports and Activities in Darfur
• UN Security Council Resolution • full text of the resolution adopted on September 18th.
• July 5, 2004, Interview with UN Under-Sect. Gen. for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland
• July 3, 2004, Joint Gov. of Sudan-UN Communique
• June 1, 2004, UN Security Council Expresses "Grave Concern" over Darfur

The European Union
• June 26, 2004, Joint EU-US Statement
• June 21, 2004, EU Announces sending observers to Darfur
• June 15, 2004, "Conclusions" Adopted by the EU's Foreign Ministers
• May 26, 2004, Declaration by the EU on Darfur
• January, 9, 2004, Strengthening of EU Arms Embargo on Sudan

The US Government/Congress
• July 22, 2004, Full text of House and Senate Resolutions declaring "genocide" in Darfur.
• July 21, 2004, State Department Official Press Briefing
• July 8, 2004, "US Helps Refugess in Darfur"
• June 26, 2004, Joint EU-US Statement
• June 9, 2004, President Bush Condemns Atrocities in Sudan
• US Agency for International Development, full description of USAID activities in Darfur
• National Public Radio, an analysis of the US government's current stance on Darfur
• Human Rights Watch, Repeating Clinton's Mistakes: U.S. Response to the Crisis in Darfur

The UK Government
• June 8, UK Presses Sudan Government for Urgent Action on Darfur
• Collection of UK Government and Parliamentary Annoucements and Actions on Darfur
• Chronology and Details of UK Government Annoucements and Actions The UK has currently committed £17.5m ($30m) in aid for Darfur, and £2m ($3.5m) to support the African Union observer mission.

The G-8 (Group of 8)
• June 10, 2004, Statement on Sudan, including Darfur

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NGO Campaigns, Reports and Statements
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• International Crisis Group, provides expert analysis of the crisis and recommendations to the international community for dealing with it. Read their latest reports calling for massive international action on Darfur, "Now or Never", 23 May, 2004 and "Darfur Rising: Sudan's New Crisis", 25 March, 2004
• Human Rights Watch, campaign materials, and latest reports and statements.
• Amnesty International, campaign materials, and latest reports and statements.
• Physicians for Human Rights, campaign materials, and latest reports and statements.
• Oxfam International, latest reports, statements, and appeals for support.
• International Rescue Committee, latest reports, statements, and appeals for support.
• International Committee of the Red Cross, campaign materials, and latest reports and statements.
• Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), campaign materials, and latest reports and statements.
• Prevent Genocide International, information, analysis and campaigns.
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum, information, analysis and campaigns.
• The Sudan Campaign (USA), check out their latest actions and campaigns.
• American Anti-Slavery Group, check out their latest actions and campaigns.
• US Conference of Catholic Bishops, 28 June, 2004, expresses its deep concern at the situation and urges greater international action in a letter to US Secretary of State, Colin Powell.

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Protesters outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington DC

Key Documents
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• UN Security Council Resolution: full text of the resolution adopted on September 18th.
• April 8 Ceasefire Agreement on Darfur: full text of the agreement signed between the Government of Sudan and rebel forces in Darfur.
• International Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Genocide: text of and information about the Convention.
• International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty: information about the project and text of final report, "The Responsibility to Protect", 2001.

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Maps and Charts
• Map of Sudan and Darfur, Human Rights Watch
• Maps of oil and gas holdings and bombing raids, plus charts of projected mortality rates, USAID

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Professor Eric Reeves

Eric Reeves

This site contains a number of articles by Eric Reeves. Eric is an English Professor at Smith College, Mass., and a recognized expert on Sudan and Darfur. He has provided testimony to Congressional Committees, been widely published in the US and International Press, and frequently provides expert analysis for Non-Governmental Organisations addressing the crisis in Sudan. For a full biography/bibliograhpy of his work on Sudan and Darfur, click here

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