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An International Force Is Essential for Sudan

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Re “U.N. to Send 10,700 Peacekeepers to Sudan,” March 25: In an interview last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described how the U.S. has “worked very hard” in responding to genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Two years into this crisis, and 200 days since the Bush administration acknowledged that this was “genocide,” the actions described by Rice remain absolutely insufficient.

The government of Sudan continues to wage its genocidal campaign with impunity, the death toll in Darfur has reached at least 50,000 and the U.S. has failed to invest in pushing for a robust international response to this crisis. Nothing short of an international intervention will stop the genocide in Darfur. The African Union needs a stronger mandate and a large international force to bolster its efforts, and this is what the U.S. should be pursuing with great urgency at the United Nations.

Ann-Louise Colgan

Washington

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