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In 365 days, January 9, 2011, a referendum is due to be held to determine the future of Sudan. The people of South Sudan will vote to decide whether they wish to remain part of a united Sudan or whether they want to become an independent country. We believe it should be a future in which human rights are guaranteed in an environment of peace, prosperity and harmony.

Our fear is that it could be a future of conflict and suffering. Sign the petition below and we will add your voice to thousands of campaigners around the world calling for action.

Global Petition

To: Prime Minister Gordon Brown
      President Hu Jintao
      President Dmitry Medvedev
      League of Arab States Secretary-General Amr Moussa
      President Barack Obama
      African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping
      President Nicolas Sarkozy

We petition you to take urgent diplomatic action by

• Providing intensive and coherent diplomatic support to Northern and Southern Sudanese parties on unresolved issues such as wealth sharing, borders and security
• Increasing international monitoring and reporting on human rights violations throughout Sudan in the run-up to the April elections and referendum, and supporting measures to protect civilians from potential violence related to these events
• Encouraging the United Nations Security Council to strengthen the civilian protection mandate of the Sudan peacekeeping force (UNMIS) by increasing its presence in remote and volatile areas and by rapidly deploying its personnel to conflict-prone areas.