Press Room

Washington — A coalition of Darfur advocacy groups today chided the Bush administration's Office of Management and Budget for missing an important deadline yesterday for implementation of a tough sanction against the Khartoum regime — the prohibition of federal contracts with foreign companies helping to fuel the genocide in Sudan. The Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, which President Bush signed into law last December, directed his administration to amend the federal procurement guidelines to require any company seeking to receive or renew U.S. government contracts to certify that it does not have operations in Sudan's oil, mineral extraction, power or defense sectors. The law called for the Bush administration to implement this new guideline within 120 days — a deadline which has passed.

WASHINGTON - Unless the UNAMID peacekeeping force is effectively protecting civilians in Darfur by August, leading Darfur advocacy organizations today said world leaders should not attend the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies in August. In a joint statement, the Save Darfur Coalition, ENOUGH Project, STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, Genocide Intervention Network and Dream for Darfur, denounced China's continued enabling of Sudan's destructive campaign against Darfuri civilians.

Today, leading Darfur advocacy organizations released a statement outlining the four actions China should take to show a good-faith effort to address the genocide in Darfur.  

The Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) today released information on nine areas in the world where large numbers of civilians are the targets of brutal atrocities.

Following reports that Andrew Natsios has recently resigned from his post as President Bush's Special Envoy to Sudan, Darfur activists joined together in pressing the White House to immediately tap a full-time envoy and team focused on ending the genocide in Darfur and bringing peace to all of Sudan. In a joint statement, the groups — including the Save Darfur Coalition, the ENOUGH Project, and the Genocide Intervention Network — said lessons must be learned from past diplomatic failures, if the Sudanese people will ever realize a lasting peace and security.