World failing Darfur, says Rice

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Sunday, 24 June 2007, 22:09 GMT 23:09 UK

World failing Darfur, says Rice

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the world
has failed the people of Darfur, ahead of a Paris summit
on the troubled Sudanese region.

"I will be very frank. I do not think that the international
community has really lived up to its responsibilities here,"
Ms Rice said.

Some 200,000 people have died and 2.4m fled the violence
in Darfur since 2003.

-snip-

The US, France, China and Egypt will attend the meeting,
but not Sudan nor representatives from rebel factions.

-snip-

Having described the killing in Darfur as genocide, the Bush
administration wants to be seen taking a lead in solving the
crisis in Monday's summit, says the BBC's Jonathan Beale in
Washington.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6235798.stm

[Posteritatis]

1. Jesus Christ. This is the platonic ideal of pot-kettle-black. (nt)

[uppityperson]

2. Obviousman strikes again!

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Word: "Rice failing world including Darfur"

[cigsandcoffee]

4. She's right. The world community is failing Darfur.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[pretty_lies]

5. One Million Dead Iraqis, Five Million Refugees

You did that, Condi.

Worse than Darfur - gee, why the fuss over Sudan? Nothing to do with China's oil contracts there, is it?

[UrbScotty]

6. Look who's talking, says ih8thegop (nt)

[spiderpig]

7. Thank you, Ms. Obvious.

And now you're going to do what????

[saracat]

8. "world" ? What about the US?

[razzleberry]

9. these people hate the US

perhaps some less hated country could do something.

[SayWhatYo]

12. The US is part of the world...

So that would include the US too... Unless you mean this is solely the US's problem.

Like someone said above, even a broken clock is right twice a day, and this is one of the cases that fits this description.

[youngdem]

10. If there is ANYTHING this bitch knows about, it is failing

So, she speaks from experience here...perhaps we should listen.

[Eugene]

11. Reuters: Darfur meeting ends without concrete action

Source: Reuters

Darfur meeting ends without concrete action
25 Jun 2007 16:12:35 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Recasts with end of meeting, adds quotes, details)

By Francois Murphy and Arshad Mohammed

PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) - An international meeting on Darfur
ended on Monday with promises to support peace-keeping efforts
and a political process to stop the violence in western Sudan
but with few concrete steps.

The nations at the conference, which included major aid donors,
the Group of Eight industrialized nations and Sudan's ally China,
offered few details of exactly how they hoped to end a conflict
that has dragged on for more than four years.

"We really must redouble our efforts, and I think that that was
the spirit of today's conference," U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice told reporters.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25416931.htm

[Ganja Ninja]

13. Too bad there isn't someone in the American government with a

shred of credibility that could give the world some leadership on Darfur.

[City Lights]

14. Condi, shouldn't you be out buying shoes?

:eyes:

[LeftishBrit]

15. Even Rice has to be right about SOMETHING every now and then!

Now, what is *she* going to do about it?

[Grandrose]

16. Duh?

No sh*t sherlock!!! So Condi...what have YOU done lately???:eyes: