September 18, 2004
WHY DARFUR?:
UN Passes Resolution on Darfur; Threatens Sanctions (VOA News, 18 Sep 2004)
The U.N. Security Council has approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution threatening possible sanctions against Sudan's oil industry if Khartoum does not end the conflict in the western Darfur region.The vote Saturday was 11-0, with China, Russia, Algeria and Pakistan abstaining.
The resolution calls for an expanded African Union force to prevent attacks on civilians in Darfur. An estimated 50,000 people have been killed and 1.2 million forced out of their homes during 18 months of violence in the region.
The Christian is the real radical of our generation, for he stands against the monolithic, modern concept of truth as relative. But too often, instead of being the radical, standing against the shifting sands of relativism, he subsides into merely maintaining the status quo. If it is true that evil is evil, that God hates it to the point of the cross, and that there is a moral law fixed in what God is in Himself, then Christians should be the first into the field against what is wrong.Posted by Orrin Judd at September 18, 2004 6:11 PM
-Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who is There
Comments
They're going to investigate the possibility of a threat of a sanction? With 2 of 5 vetoes abstaining?
I'm sure Khartoum is quaking over that one.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at September 18, 2004 8:44 PMThey've been quaking since Clinton cruise missiled them, that's why they caved in to the South and are trying to Arabize the black Muslims before it's too late. But time is against them.
Posted by: oj at September 19, 2004 8:51 AM