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Genocide must end in western Sudan

SOMETIMES SOMETHING is not enough. That is the case in the saga of Darfur. Earlier this month, the U.N. Human Rights Council did "something"--it passed a resolution to send a team of investigators to western Sudan, site of the Darfur genocide. But the resolution stops short of directly confronting the Sudanese government for its complicity in the tragedy, and that's a mistake. When will the U.N. take decisive action to alleviate what it calls the "world's worst humanitarian crisis"?

Outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, in a video message to the council: "It is essential that this council send a clear and united message to warn all concerned, on behalf of the whole world, that the current situation is simply unacceptable and will not be allowed to continue. The people of Darfur cannot afford to wait another day. The violence must stop. The killings and other gross violations of human rights must end." Sadly, his words were just an echo of what has been said before. They amplify this truth: Warnings without teeth do not register with some contingents.
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