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Promote Peace and Protection in Central Africa

Target: President of the United States
Sponsored by: ENOUGH

There have been and continue to be human rights violations on a massive scale in Sudan, northern Uganda and eastern Congo.

* In Sudan, up to 300,000 have died and 2.5 million fled to refugee camps since 2003 in the country's internal fighting.

* In northern Uganda, thousands of children (some as young as 8-years old) were systemically captured by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, forced to become soldiers and kill.

* In eastern Congo, there's a war raging that's killed approximately 5.4 million people since 1998, and one of its tools is the deliberate and systematic rape of women and girls.

While there is no magic formula to end these crimes, there is a strategic one. We can stop genocide and crimes against humanity now and in the future, through the "Three P's": Promoting Peace, Providing Protection, and Punishing the Perpetrators.

Please act today to help end the human rights abuses and bring peace to three of Africa's most troubled states.

deadline: 7-7-2009
goal: 20,000

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As a concerned American, I urge you to take immediate action to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and the crimes against humanity in eastern Congo and northern Uganda. While there is no magic formula to end these crimes, I believe there is a strategic one.

We can stop genocide and crimes against humanity now and in the future, through the "Three P's": Promoting Peace, Providing Protection, and Punishing the Perpetrators.

The 3 P's for Sudan:
* Promote a comprehensive peace process with high-level diplomacy
* Protect innocent civilians through the UN/AU peacekeeping force
* Provide information to the International Criminal Court and support multilateral targeted sanctions to punish the perpetrators

The 3 P's for eastern Congo:
* Establish a permanent office in eastern Congo to ensure U.S. leadership in the peace process
* Support MONUC - the UN's peacekeeping force in Congo - in protecting the innocent civilians caught in the conflict.
* Call for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into rape as a war crime in eastern Congo to begin punishing those most responsible.
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The 3 P's for northern Uganda:
* Support a post-peace agreement process and work to create a direct negotiating channel with the Lord's Resistance Army
* Monitor efforts to protect civilians
* Work through the U.N. Security Council to punish the perpetrators by cutting off their support lines.

These specific actions will put pressure on the perpetrators, protect the people, support a robust investment in peace processes and promote the sustained commitment of diplomatic and financial resources. These steps are a small price to pay for justice, peace and dignity for people who have seen their lives destroyed. We must act swiftly and responsibly to end the continual violence and suffering in these nations. I strongly urge you to take these actions.

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We took action on “Promote Peace and Protection in Central Africa”!

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10:41 am PDT, Jun 15, Earl Parr III, New York
If we allow these crimes to go on and we don't promote an international system of peace and justice then the 21st Century is doomed to look like the previous. Too many deaths.

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9:41 pm PDT, Jun 10, Name not displayed, Malaysia

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6:55 am PDT, Jun 7, Sarah Heald, United Kingdom
I am not american,but join this peace appeal for the sake of all

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12:28 am PDT, May 30, Name not displayed, Norway

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2:12 pm PDT, May 22, Willow Whisperer, Missouri
too many people are dying...people are starving in camps in northern Uganda....the U.S. needs to do more to help these people...

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2:45 pm PDT, May 20, Edita Hajdar, Minnesota

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9:37 pm PDT, Apr 20, Timothy Sprengeler, Iowa

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3:05 am PDT, Apr 4, Name not displayed, Italy

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8:20 pm PDT, Mar 31, Kristy Griffin, Tennessee
As a concerned American, I urge you to take immediate action to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and the crimes against humanity in eastern Congo and northern Uganda. While there is no magic formula to end these crimes, I believe there is a strategic one. We can stop genocide and crimes against humanity now and in the future, through the "Three P's": Promoting Peace, Providing Protection, and Punishing the Perpetrators.

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7:53 pm PDT, Mar 28, Steven Heaver, New Jersey

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5:51 pm PST, Mar 3, Aaeron Robb, Maryland

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10:32 pm PST, Feb 9, Adriaan Vanderzwan, California

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10:25 pm PST, Feb 5, Marvin Gentz, California

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5:42 pm PST, Jan 30, Alexandra Sipiora, Illinois

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3:23 pm PST, Jan 18, Name not displayed, New Hampshire

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12:19 pm PST, Jan 18, Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania

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11:06 am PST, Jan 9, Tim Harris, Iowa

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9:57 am PST, Jan 9, Tom Zahrobsky, Iowa

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7:59 pm PST, Jan 8, James Zahrobsky, Iowa

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1:40 pm PST, Jan 1, Melanie Doherty, New York

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9:36 pm PST, Dec 20, Darcy Butts, Iowa

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1:12 pm PST, Dec 18, Brittany Paniagua-Berlanga, Illinois

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9:41 am PST, Dec 16, Ashley Calderon, California

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7:02 pm PST, Dec 13, Jason Schubach, Kansas

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9:03 pm PST, Dec 10, Stacy Darrah, Pennsylvania

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1:20 pm PST, Dec 9, Cristina Geer, Texas

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7:44 pm PST, Dec 3, Danny Buskirk, California

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9:54 am PST, Nov 29, Debbie Grade, New Mexico

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8:28 am PST, Nov 26, Joann Torres, Texas

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11:21 pm PST, Nov 19, Lydia Ruddick-Schulman, Illinois

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1:33 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, California

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10:04 am PST, Nov 18, Miki Urby, Italy

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9:35 am PST, Nov 14, Jamie Gallea, Nebraska

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2:53 pm PST, Nov 13, Stephane Gamizelo, South Africa
Im more concerned about peace in Congo which is the center of Africa. As long as Congo will be in trouble,the whole region will be in turmoil and no possible development can be envisged.These unstable regions can be easily used for terrorism. America needs to stand firmly against violence in the region and help bring the war criminals like Nkunda to the justice.

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