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Helicopters for Darfur
Sign the Petition. Help Find Helicopters for Darfur!President Bush, the people of Darfur have waited long enough. You must do everything in your power to secure the 24 helicopters necessary to make the peacekeeping mission for Darfur a successful one. |
Peacekeepers in Darfur, once they are deployed, will be operating in a vast desert with only dirt tracks between major towns. To be effective in such an environment, they will need 24 helicopters for transport and security.
But no country has stepped up to provide these helicopters. NATO countries among them have 18,000 helicopters at their disposal. But no one has yet contributed any to the Darfur peacekeeping mission.
World leaders are failing to match their words with actions and are turning away from genocide. Again.
Please take a moment to sign our petition and urge President Bush to work to secure the 24 helicopters necessary for UNAMID's success. Visit the links below for more information.
- UNAMID Helicopters Fact Sheet
- UNAMID Fact Sheet
- SDC Letter to the UN Security Council
- The Secretary-General's report to the U.N. Security Council on the deployment of peacekeeping forces for Darfur (155K PDF)
- No Helicopoters for Darfur, by Ken Bacon
- Helicopters for Darfur, an editorial in the Los Angeles Times
- Stuck on Darfur, an editorial in the Washington Post (free registration required)
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