Feb 02, 2005 - CJC seeks action from Prime Minister on Darfur For Immediate Release
TORONTO - Canadian Jewish Congress has sent a letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin appealing for the mobilization of resources to help end the crisis in Darfur.
The letter was sent just as a new United Nations panel strongly criticized the role of the Sudanese government in the catastrophic situation in Darfur and as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to take urgent action to stop the killing.
In the letter, Victor Goldboom, Chair of CJC's National Executive, said "We very much appreciate the international advocacy on Darfur that has been forthcoming from you and your government. At the same time, the situation on the ground in Darfur continues to deteriorate and the African Union mission does not have the necessary troops and resources to protect civilians. This mandate must be strengthened and more international resources dedicated to support them."
"Whether or not what is occurring is technically 'genocide' should not deter Canada from recognizing that by all accounts, there is a great humanitarian disaster unfolding in Darfur," said CJC Pacific Region Chair Mark Weintraub.
In the letter, Weintraub said "Every tragedy has its own unique context. Our own experience with the Holocaust has taught us that such evil must be recognized and that we have a responsibility to ensure that it never happens again."
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Contact:
Wendy Lampert
Acting National Communications Director
Canadian Jewish Congress
416-631-5844 (office)
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