Hey everyone.

We will not be having a meeting tonight. Thank you to everyone who
came to the drumming event on Saturday. There were about 800 people
there and from the last count that I heard, they raised over $14,000
for Doctors without Borders and Jewish World Service Corps, two
organizations who are sending relief aid to the Darfur region.

This week:
- tell 5 friends about situation in Sudan
- show your support buy wearing a green bracelet. We are selling them
for $2. You can see what they look like at www.savedarfur.org.
- Two college students worked out a deal with itunes and there is now
a cd called Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project for sale. It is $10 and all the
money goes to help with relief efforts. I highly recommend it. It also
serves as a great gift for a friend for the holidays.

Here is an article written by Mohammed Yayah, who spoke during our
week of awareness:

UN Security Council fails to stop Genocide in Darfur:

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)
USA.
Telephone: (434) 409 9638
Email: Massaleitcommunity@... or mataryah@...
December 1, 2004
Visit the Massaleit Community Web site for previous reports on human
rights abuses in western Sudan http://www.massaleit.info/


Have a good week!

GW STAND
--
Julia Kramer
The George Washington University
Vice President of External Affairs, Books for Africa
President, GW STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur)
jhkramer@...