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June 18, 2010 - SUDAN NOW
Sudan Now Ad Campaign Urges Vice President Biden to Help Prevent Africa’s Largest Civil War
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Julia Thornton, 650.587.2016, julia@humanityunited.org
Susan Morgan, 617.797.0451, susan@paxcommunications.org
Jonathan Hutson, 857.919.5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org
Andrea Clarke, 202.460.6756, andrea@savedarfur.org
Mame Annan-Brown, 347.564.2936, annan-brown@genocideintervention.net
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sudan Now, a campaign launched by leading U.S. anti-genocide and human rights advocacy organizations, announced today the release of the latest in its series of ads targeting Obama administration officials guiding the U.S. policy on Sudan. The new ad, set to appear in Sunday’s Washington Post Outlook section, targets Vice President Joe Biden following the return of his recent trip to Africa, where he made several statements on the increasingly dangerous situation in Sudan. The country faces a vote on southern secession in January 2011, which could trigger Africa’s largest civil war.
Vice President Biden’s remarks made him the highest-ranking member of the Obama administration to express support for Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended civil war in 2005, and the peace process in Darfur. The Sudan Now ad, which will publish on World Refugee Day, asks the vice president to work with President Barack Obama to:
• Make Sudan a centerpiece of their personal diplomacy.
• Step up U.S. support for full implementation of the peace agreement between North and South Sudan, and the pre-referendum negotiations now underway.
• Play a more direct role in revitalizing Darfur’s peace process, ensuring access for humanitarian access for humanitarian assistance and promoting accountability.
In addition to the ad, Sudan Now is asking activists to use Twitter and Facebook to personally thank the vice president and ask for continued engagement on Sudan. Previous Sudan Now ads have targeted President Obama, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Susan Rice, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and members of the National Security Council Deputies Committee, among others.
View latest ads at SudanActionNow.com.
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Sudan Now is a campaign led by a group of prominent anti-genocide and human rights advocacy organizations committed to bringing meaningful and lasting peace to Sudan and encouraging strong American leadership and action to achieve this goal. The campaign challenges President Barack Obama and top U.S. administration officials to live up to their promises to take strong and immediate action to help end the international crisis in Sudan and bring a lasting peace to the people of that country. Organizations participating in the current ad campaign include Humanity United, the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress, Genocide Intervention Network, Stop Genocide Now, and Investors Against Genocide.
