RALLY - SUDANESE REFUGEES - AT U.N. (Dag Hammarskjold Park 47th near 1st Ave) SEPT 23, 2017 12 NOON TO 3PM

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Hello!  Our colleagues at Darfur People's Association sent us this information....see the attached flyer and info below for more details.  Thank you.

NY Coalition for Sudan.

Join Sudanese refugees from Darfur, Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Beja - who are struggling to retain protections and humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations in Sudan while struggling with Congress and the White House to retain sanctions involving Sudan trade and banking.

Leaders and representatives of all UN member-states are in NYC for the General Assembly, meeting at the United Nations - 

across the street from the East 47th Street site of the Sudan Mission! 

Gather in Dag Hammarskjold Park on East 47th Street near First Avenue, noon to 3:00pm.  The formal notice is attached.

22 NGOs call for strong, action-oriented resolution on Sudan at UN Human Rights Council

Excellencies, We write to you regarding the 36th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to share serious concerns over the human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan. Many of these concerns are detailed in the attached annex of violations documented by the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). We would like to draw your attention to the Sudanese government’s continuing violations against civilians, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), in South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur. Despite the Government’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire, indiscriminate attacks have continued against civilians in violation of international humanitarian law. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 8,000 individuals were displaced in Darfur in the first half of 2017. Cholera and other infectious diseases run rampant as well as rape by government forces and proxies.  We remain deeply concerned by evidence reported by Amnesty International in September 2016 of the repeated use by the government of Sudan of chemical weapons against civilians in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur.  Aerial bombing continues there and in the Nuba Mountains.  In Darfur, between 28 May and 15 June 2017, a number of attacks were perpetrated against civilians and civilian property by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) among others, leaving 17 dead, 30 seriously injured and 17 abducted. More Info: http://www.acjps.org/22-ngos-call-for-strong-action-oriented-resolution-on-sudan-at-un-human-rights-council/