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Please take action on as many issues as you can. Click these links to jump to a specific section
Call Congress
Endorse the Campaign of Sudan:The Executive Legacy STAND's policy framework
Support Resource Accountability in the DR Congo
Call on Congress to condemn Sexual Violence in DR Congo
Turn it Up for Sudan, ENOUGH with mtvU and STAND
Tell our leaders that you want peace in Uganda
Call on Congress to support the Child Soldier Accountability Act
Darfur Activists Outline Steps

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You can help promote the peace by calling Congress (1-202-224-3121 9:00am–6:00pm EST, Monday through Friday) and demanding the following:.


• Support $20 million for peace keeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo;
• Support $20 million in funding to support security and economic development and bring sustainable peace in Uganda;
• Support an additional $410 million in this year’s supplemental for future peacekeeping and to repay past peacekeeping debt;
• Support $65 million to train and equip Darfur peacekeepers;
• Support $744 million in U.S. Contributions to the International Peacekeeping Activities, or CIPA Account, of which $334 million is for the UN-AU Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur;
• Support $70 million to support preparation for national elections in Sudan in 2009 and;
• Support $2.366 million for sanctions enforcement.

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Sudan: The Executive Legacy STAND has outlined the four-part policy framework President Bush must follow in order to end the genocide and help bring peace to Sudan. Learn more and endorse the campaign to ensure that President Bush SEALS: Sticks to his promises, Enforces UNAMID, Applies an All-Sudan Solution, and Lobbies China.

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Urgent Action Needed: Support Resource Accountability in the DR Congo
Act today! Contact your Senators to tell them that you support the Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act which requires greater accountability and transparency in U.S. importation of potential conflict minerals from the DR Congo. In particular, the FDLR - one of the primary perpetrators of atrocities and sexual violence against women and girls in the DR Congo - funds itself largely through the extraction of gold and cassiterite that abounds in regions under their control.

Coltan and cassiterite are minerals commonly used in household electronics such as cell-phones and computers. An overwhelming majority of the world’s coltan and cassiterite is found in the DR Congo. The sale of these minerals, however, fund the rapes, killings, and other atrocious crimes committed by groups in the DR Congo. The Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act calls on the President to provide a list of armed groups committing serious human rights violations in the DR Congo. The bill prohibits the importation of any product containing coltan or cassiterite from the DR Congo that would provide any financial benefit to any groups on this human rights violation list.

Contact your Senators by calling them (1-202-224-3121 9:00am–6:00pm EST, Monday through Friday), writing a letter, or sending an email requesting that they support peace in the DR Congo by voting for the Conflict Coltan and Cassiterite Act!

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Call on Congress to Condemn Sexual Violence in DR Congo
The DR Congo has been the epicenter of the deadliest war since World War II with 5.4 million deaths and counting. Congolese women and girls in particular bear the vicious brunt of this crisis. Sexual violence and rape exist on a scale seen no where else in the world as it is part and parcel of the conflict. Indeed, DR Congo is one of the worst places in the world to be a woman.

Introduced by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and co-sponsored by Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC), H.Res. 1227 calls on the U.S. Administration and international community to take the following actions towards addressing this issue:

• Calls on the U.S. Secretary of State to appoint a special envoy to DR Congo, and urges the U.S. government and broader international community to provide victims of sexual violence with greater assistance for health care services, psychological and social counseling, and legal advice;
• Calls on the government of DR Congo to end the widespread sexual violence by holding all armed groups accountable for their actions;
• Calls for full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which calls for the protection of women and girls and the promotion of their rights.

TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Representative to Cosponsor H.Res 1227
Call Now! 1-202-224-3121

You can help stop the widespread sexual violence in DR Congo by calling your Representative (1-202-224-3121; 9:00am–6:00pm EST; Monday through Friday) and urge the following:

• Cosponsor H.Res. 1227, “Condemning Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
• Support legislative efforts to end sexual violence in DR Congo and around the world.

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Turn it Up for Sudan ENOUGH has teamed up with mtvU and STAND, a Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, for Turn it Up: a month of exclusive album leaks and video premieres on mtvU.com, and call to action on one of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises. Running through early May, more than a dozen groundbreaking artists will exclusively “pre-release” new albums on mtvU.com, with several more exclusively premiering new videos on the site. Adjacent to the new music will be simple ways for college students to support STAND’s efforts, which call on President Bush to take bold and immediate action to protect the people of Darfur during his last year in office, as well as petition their local congresspersons via ENOUGH, to do more to end the genocide. Learn more here.

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Tell our leaders that you want peace in Uganda
Click here to send a message to your member of Congress to make sure that they know that peace is possible in Uganda and that they can help achieve it.

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Call on Congress to support the Child Soldier Accountability Act (S. 2135)
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has operated in Northern Uganda for the past 20 years and is now moving into south Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic. LRA has abducted as many as 38, 000 boys and girls for use as soldiers and sex slaves. It is estimated that between 200,000 to 300,000 children are serving as soldiers for both rebel groups and government forces in current armed conflicts around the world. We must do all we can to eradicate the use of child soldiers. The Child Soldier Accountability Act (S. 2135) seeks to put an end to this practice by prohibiting the recruitment or use of child soldiers and seeking to punish those who recruit or use child soldiers.

You can help stop the recruitment and use of child soldiers by calling Congress (at 1-202-224-3121 9:00am–6:00pm EST, Monday through Friday) and demanding the following:

- Urge them to co-sponsor the Child Soldier Accountability Act (S 2135).
- Support legislative efforts to end the recruitment of children as soldiers and sex slaves around the world.
- Promote the accountability for individuals and groups that recruit child soldiers.

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Darfur Activists Outline Steps To Address Darfur Spillover Into Chad
Following attempts by reportedly Sudan-backed rebels to overthrow the Chadian government, with violence and displacement in Eastern Chad and capital city N’Djamena, Darfur activists urged world leaders to quickly adopt policies that will end Sudan’s menacing role in the region. Read the joint statement here.

Click here to write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and demand international action to bring an end to the violence in Chad and Sudan.

Learn what more you can do to take action for Chad here.

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