U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CONDEMN GENOCIDE IN DARFUR

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.05.2008 12:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
today applauded the unprecedented, bi-partisan joint statement
issued by Presidential Candidates, Senators Hillary Clinton
(D-NY), John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) expressing their
collective commitment to ending the ongoing genocide in Darfur, ANCA
Communications Director Elizabeth S. Chouldjian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

"After more than five years of genocide, the Sudanese government
and its proxies continue to commit atrocities against civilians in
Darfur. This is unacceptable to the American people and to the world
community," noted Senators Clinton, McCain and Obama.

"Today, we wish to make clear to the Sudanese government that on this
moral issue of tremendous importance, there is no divide between us. We
stand united and demand that the genocide and violence in Darfur be
brought to an end and that the CPA [Comprehensive Peace Agreement]
be fully implemented."

"A united stand on stopping the ongoing genocide in Darfur sends a
powerful message to the al-Bashir government that ongoing atrocities
against defenseless civilians is simply unacceptable," stated ANCA
Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "Only by speaking clearly and
unequivocally on all genocides – from the Armenian Genocide, to the
Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda and now Sudan – can we finally put an
end to the cycle of genocide plaguing our world over the past century."

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had condemned
the Sudan genocide earlier this year in statements citing their support
for passage of Armenian Genocide legislation (H.Res.106 / S.Res.106)
pending in Congress.