City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0174R

• File #: 06-0174R
• Version: 0
• Name: An Open Letter to the Maryland Congressional Delegation - STOP THE GENOCIDE IN DARFUR
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/1/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/1/2006
• Title: An Open Letter to the Maryland Congressional Delegation - STOP THE GENOCIDE IN DARFUR FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Honorable Members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation to demand that the President of the United States take the steps necessary to end the genocide in Darfur and call for a United Nations Security Council resolution to create a peacekeeping force to ensure an end to the violence that has cost thousands of Black Africans their lives, has driven millions from their homes, and has left countless men, women, and children without food and without hope.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Dixon, James B. Kraft, Kenneth Harris, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Belinda Conaway, President Young, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Darfur, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
An Open Letter to the Maryland Congressional Delegation - STOP THE GENOCIDE IN DARFUR

FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Honorable Members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation to demand that the President of the United States take the steps necessary to end the genocide in Darfur and call for a United Nations Security Council resolution to create a peacekeeping force to ensure an end to the violence that has cost thousands of Black Africans their lives, has driven millions from their homes, and has left countless men, women, and children without food and without hope.
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As many as 400,000 Black Africans have been killed, and over 2 million have been driven from their homes since open warfare erupted in Darfur, in early 2003, when 2 loosely allied rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), attacked military installations. In response, "Janjaweed" militias received government support to clear civilians from areas considered disloyal to the Sudanese government.

Nearly 3 years into the crisis, the western Sudanese region of Darfur is acknowledged to be a humanitarian and human rights tragedy of epic proportions. The humanitarian, security, and political situations continue to deteriorate; atrocities continue as people are still dying in l...