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Angelina: UN Must Take a Stand on Darfur

Jolie writes for Time magazine

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(Newser) – Angelina Jolie argues in a Time essay that it's put-up-or-shut-up time for the UN on Darfur. The Security Council will receive a report today on the nation's genocide under the watch of Omar al Bashir, and its response will determine whether the idea of an "international standard of justice" is real or just talk. "The evidence the prosecutor has presented is clear and compelling," she writes. "Millions of people have been displaced; hundreds of thousands have been killed."

"Today the Security Council member states will be faced with a simple decision—to embrace impunity or to end it. As they are considering Bashir's fate they are also considering their own."

UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie smiles with Karenni refugee children in the Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp in northern Thailand on Feb. 4, 2009.
UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie smiles with Karenni refugee children in the Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp in northern Thailand on Feb. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/ UNHCR/K.McKinsey)
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir attends the closing session of the Arab summit in Doha, Qatar, on March 30, 2009.
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir attends the closing session of the Arab summit in Doha, Qatar, on March 30, 2009.   (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Angelina Jolie.
Angelina Jolie.   (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Derni
Jun 5, 09 12:02 PM CDT
She is one of the few voices speaking out against the terrible conditions in Africa-mass muder-lack of food due to dictators taking the food for themselves and selling it-etc. Oh I forgot -no oil there so don't worry about them-and global warming will take care of them. Reply
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paul123
Jun 5, 09 2:27 PM CDT
So are you suggesting that Obama is interested in only oil and money?
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Mr.C
Jun 6, 09 8:34 PM CDT
There is oil there retard.
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newsrmandan
Jun 5, 09 12:08 PM CDT
Angelina, the only problem I see is that your words are going to fall on deaf ears no one at the UN is going to care enough to do anything about the awful things that happen in Africa. It is the forgotten Continent, the continent where people must die so misquito's can live. Reply
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keybored
Jun 5, 09 12:17 PM CDT
I am not a big Angelina Jolie fan, but I do respect her for speaking out on this issue and am thankful that she is doing it. But as Derni and newsrmandan have pointed out, Africa is the forgotten continent primarily because those who may be able to help won't benefit by doing so. Sad that we can't just help people without needing/expecting something in return. Reply
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