I need information about the War in Danfur.

[Big Blue Machine]

I am going to a debate, in the model UN model debating, and the topic for my council is War in Westren Sudan. I have alittle knowledge about this. Everyone doesn't want to call it the dirty word "Genocide" and everyone doesn't want to get involved. Except the US, I have heard that US is trying to get a resultion passed by the UN to block trade with Sudan.

If you people can give more info about the war in Sudan. It would be greatly helpful.

This is going to be my 2nd debate. In my first one, I jumped in at the last minute, and the topic was the Columbia and how messed up it was. I was Bangladesh, I was thinking "WHAT THE HECK DOES BANGLADESH HAVE TO DO IT WITH COLUMBIA??????" But I did respectably , finished either 4th or 5th out of 8. I think I will do better this time.

[theloniusfleabag]

Dear Big Blue Machine,

Read "Shake Hands With The Devil" by Gen. Romeo Dallaire. It deals with the genocide in Rwanda, and the Sudan issue is a continous part of the story. The US may be trying to intercede, as long as it can get some of the oil revenues of that country, but from a humanitarian point they would have no interest. Dallaire asked why the US would not commit troops to stop the genocide in Rwanda, and he was told by someone representing the US that the estimated value of the life of 1 single US soldier was equivalent to about 80,000 Rwandan civilians.