UN Security council Fails to Stop Genocide in Darfur

December 1, 2004

The Representatives of the Massaleit Community in Exile (RMCE) are deeply disappointed at the failure of the recent Nairobi meeting of the UN Security Council to address the genocide pepertuated by Sudanese government proxy militias against black African civilians in Darfur. Ironically, the genocide has helped Sudanese leaders to shed their pariah status. Sudanese leaders regularly host key UN and Western leaders but do nothing to stop the genocide. Sloboban Milosovic, Charles Taylor and other murderous leaders were removed from power for war and other crimes. President Bashir and other Sudanese leaders have killed millions but the UN and world leaders deal with them as if they are peace loving people. The double standards are too blatant to ignore.

The UN stood by as the Rwandan genocide was happening. Again, the UN is standing by as Darfurians are killed, raped and forced out of their homes. Heartless members of the UN Security Council, in particular China, have blocked any meaningful action against their trading partners in Sudan. Consequently, the UN's credibility has been further eroded. We understand why some countries choose to act outside the UN. Passing the responsibility of stopping the killings and murders in Darfur to the African Union (AU) is a joke. Sudanese leaders know that stationing AU troops in Darfur is an empy gesture of support to the victims of their actions. Instead, it has provided a good pretext for the UN Security Council to avoid assuming responsibility for halting the genocide.

The situation on the ground in Darfur is precarious and will worsen as the government and its allies in Jangaweed become more confident that the world will not act against them. We are not surprised by the decision of the Sudanese government to expell aid workers. It is a logical outcome of the failure of the world to hold the rogue regime in Khartoum to account for crimes against humanity. 'Constructive engagement' in the face of genocide, which undermine the very essence of international law, encourages the pepertrators of crimes against humanity to continue the killings and rapes. More civilians in Darfur are expected to die or leave their homes as the relief effort in Darfur is compromised by more intransigence by the Sudanese leaders.

The RMCE call on the UN and world leaders to intervene to stop the killings and rapes. We strongly believe the deployment of an AU force in Darfur is meant to divert attention from a meaningful international response to the crimes against humanity.

Mr. Mohamed Adam Yahya,

Chairman and Spokesman,

The Representatives of the Massaleit Community in Exile (RMCE)

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