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...they prepared an unauthorized airlift of 103 children to France, where they were to receive medical care and be placed in foster homes. Zoé's Ark officials contended that their furtive methods were necessary to get urgent aid to the children, who they claimed were orphans from nearby Darfur. But investigators soon found that most of the children were in stable condition - and that virtually all of them were Chadian nationals with at least one living parent. Amidst vivid public anger in Chad, French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew to N'Djamena in November to secure the release of seven...
...convicts are still railing at what they call a Chadian show-trial, and accuse Paris of failing to provide sufficient assistance and protection to what they say are blameless humanitarian officials. They contend the staffers were trapped in the shifting political sands surrounding the Darfur crisis - particularly the deployment of French-led peacekeeping forces to the Chad-Sudan border region, a move that Chadian authorities resent. Public opinion in Chad, on the other hand, has broadly accused the court of letting a cabal of child traffickers working under humanitarian cover off lightly. Some local commentators fear the transfer...
...Finally, it is questionable why our primary concern when faced with genocide should be whether our own hands are somehow dirtied by it. It makes little sense for strategies that could effect real change in Darfur, such as military intervention or humanitarian aid, to be ignored in favor of attempts to clear our own consciences. It is self-centered of students to suggest that Harvard’s portfolio matters at all to those directly affected by the genocide...
...Raising awareness should be a means to an end, not an end in itself. There are things students can do to help make a difference in Darfur, such as donating money to non-governmental organizations that provide refugee relief or medical aid. We can lobby congress to accept refugees in America, to impose sanctions, or even to take military action. Some of these courses of action have downsides, but they should be our primary considerations, not the symbolic gesture of divestment. Lack of awareness is no longer a problem; a lack of progress is. Advocating for policies that do nothing...
...press release, President of Humanity United Randy Newcomb said that Sewall’s research is particularly relevant in light of the situation in Darfur...