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International Herald Tribune, 22nd April 2006
Regarding the editorial "While Darfur burns" (April 14):
While it is encouraging to see recent attempts by the United States
to spearhead a UN or NATO operation in the Darfur region, it remains
to be seen whether all this effort will translate into concrete
measures to protect the people of Darfur. After all, it is almost
two years since the United States said the atrocities in Darfur
amounted to genocide - a long time marked by more misery and more
death in the region, and unforgivable inaction by the international
community.
The scale of suffering, misery, squalor, depression and fallout
from societal breakdown is surpassed by few other regions in the
world. Even articulating the extent of the misery is near impossible.
If the Security Council stalemate continues, unilateral action
on the part of the United States may be the only course of action
available, if this humanitarian catastrophe is to be brought to
an end. Ultimately, it is the lives of Darfur's displaced that must
be the main concern of any effort in the region.
John O'Shea, New York
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