US Secretary of State Colin Powell has now determined that Genocide is occuring in the Sudan. Several weeks ago US Congress passed a resolution declaring the situation Genocide as well. So now we have the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch of the US Government in agreement.
The UN? They want more monitors (sounds familiar) and Canada? Nothing new from either the Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew or Minister of Defence Bill Graham. To my knowledge Minister Pettigrew has said nothing on the matter (at least there are no press releases on the Foreign Affairs site). The last comment that Minister Graham made was:
"There are no immediate plans to deploy troops there because the international community has generally considered it important that this matter be managed by the African Union Forces that are there," Mr. Graham said during a conference call from Bosnia on Wednesday. "There may be some Canadian contribution to operations in the area if in fact the United Nations are engaged."
Now that is leadership!
