Well, I just heard about the situation in Sudan and how it is about to get a lot worse. The only organization besides the ineffective UN that physically stood up against the ethnic cleansing (African Union) will likely step aside once the new chairmanship goes to Sudan (the only canidate running for this position is from Sudan; which supports the human rights abuses).
If you doubt the gravity of this situation then please read to the follow except from http://www.iheu.org/node/1903 [emphasis mine]:
Recently, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan, Jan Pronk, declared: "Looking back at three years of killings and cleansing in Darfur, we must admit that our peace strategy so far has failed. All we did was picking up the pieces and muddling through, doing too little too late." (13 Jan. UN website). And UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, commented a day before that Darfur represents "the most pressing political and humanitarian problem we have in Africa today." (Reuters, 12 Jan.) And on the very day this 4th session began, he was again quoted by Reuters as saying: "In my opinion, Darfur is the most dangerous crisis point in Africa and in the world in general," adding that the "deteriorating situation in [Darfur] threatens [African] regional stability." (Reuters, 17 Jan.)
Clearly, the situation in Sudan threatens the world of which we are all global citizens. Yet how quick I am to ignore the atrocities committed unless the directly affect me. I continue to be convicted of the apathy I have towards those who are in the midst of such turmoil. Why doesn't such an outrage lead me to action? What is my duty in a situation like this? I urge you all to seriously consider these questions with me!
I am often unruffled by cold hard facts, but the following excerpt from USNews [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060213/13darfur.htm] really grabbed my attention:
While the world has taken intermittent notice, the crisis is unrelenting. More than 180,000 people have been killed by Khartoum's proxy Arab militias, and more than 2 million civilians--mostly black, Muslim farmers--have been pushed from their villages and land into camps where they live at the opposing mercies of aid workers and gunmen. More than two years of diplomatic efforts--plus an African Union peacekeeping force of 7,000 for an area the size of France--was supposed to have provided an interim cease-fire, but that has been elusive.
The situation in Sudan is wrong. The United States government doesn't seem to be involved. The UN tries to skirt around the issue without really making an effort to help. In transcript of the recent AWE discussions by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, we hear the chairman [Ambassador Juan Martabit (Chile)] laughing while trying to silence Mr. Littman who was representative of the UN General Assembly, the Security Council, the Commission on Human Rights!
This leads to the obvious conclusion that EVERYONE IS IGNORING THE CRISIS IN THE SUDAN!!! How can this be happening?! Please do not ignore the plea of the millions whose lives have been destoryed and the countless others the will suffer if nothing is done. I beg of you to listen to their blood cry out from the earth. The outrage God felt when Cain murdered Abel is compounded expontentially. If we truly desire to be like Christ, should we not also have compassion on the helpless?! Should our hearts not also be broken as the Father watches countless souls perish? I speak on behalf of those who are dying and have died and those who will die if nothing is done…
I beseech you in the name of Jesus Christ for whom you stand, will you continue to ignore our voice, plugging your ears to shut out the screams of those who are being murdered right now!? If you have faith in your God, the one who saves, then why is your faith not visible? I hear you speak of the Lord's salvation, but I am not convinced of your 'faith' which is dead. If you truly believe, your
faith will be evident in what you do!
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