By Desmond Tutu and Jody Williams, The Christian Science Monitor
Earlier this month, we participated in a discussion on Darfur in the European Parliament, having been invited to offer suggestions of concrete actions that the European Council and European Union could take to alleviate the misery endured by the people of Darfur.
We very much appreciated the passionate concern expressed in the room and believe that that passion can and must result in stronger action to end the conflict.
We hope the discussion and thoughtful suggestions by many there will influence the EU to take decisive action to protect Darfurians and bring the government in Khartoum back to the negotiating table.
Along with many parliamentarians, we are dismayed that despite much rhetorical concern in many world capitals, little has been done to end the conflict, now in its fifth year.
Hundreds of thousands are dead, hundreds of thousands are in refugee camps in Chad and millions are displaced inside Darfur. Rape, endured by countless thousands of women, continues to be used as a weapon of war. Read more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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