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One year ago, the
United Nations
General Assembly
adopted a
resolution on the
Responsibility to
Protect, uniformly
asserting that the
international
community has a
responsibility to
act when
governments fail to
protect their most
vulnerable
population. Today,
one year later,
large scale
humanitarian crises
and genocides
continue and worsen
around the world.
It is time to
assess how the
adoption of the
Responsibility to
Protect is being
implemented. No
case is better to
discuss than the
ongoing crisis in
Sudan. With the
mandate of the
African Union
peacekeeping force
coming to an end in
Darfur, the
Sudanese government
rejecting a new UN
Peacekeeping force
for the area and
the implementation
of several peace
agreements in the
region hanging in
the balance, we
will examine what
the Responsibility
to Protect really
means. Among the
issues to be
discussed are the
conceptual
framework of the
Responsibility to
Protect, the
complexities
surrounding the
Darfur conflict as
well as the
challenges to
meaningfully
implement the
Responsibility to
Protect. In this
context, panelists
will also discuss
prospects for a
comprehensive and
sustainable peace
in Sudan and the
need to expand the
peacekeeping
mandate in the
region to fulfill
the Responsibility
to Protect. If you
are
interested in
attending, please
register with the
Office of Special
Events at
secle@wcl.american.e
du or call (202)
274-4400. Lunch
will be served. |