Sudan: Additional background materials

Personal stories from Sudanese refugees and IDPs

• James's story
• Santina's story
• Finding hope in Sudan
  MCC Washington Memo interview with Mrs. Awut Deng Acuil, a member of the Southern Sudan legislative assembly and a presidential advisor on gender and human rights for the government of southern Sudan
   

MCC articles

• Tragedy in Darfur (PDF)
  by Tim Shenk, in A Common Place, Nov/Dec 2004
• Conflict through the lens of justice and peace
  Third Way Cafe, August 10, 2007
   

MCC Peace Office newsletters

• Peace and pain in Sudan (PDF)
  MCC Peace Office newsletter, April-June 2005
• How do we protect, "responsibly"? (PDF)
  MCC Peace Office newsletter, Oct-Dec 2006
• Humanitarian crises, aid agencies, the military (PDF)
  MCC Peace Office newsletter, July-Sept 2006
• Dealing with peacekeepers (PDF)
  MCC Peace Office newsletter, May-Oct 1997

More background resources

• Choose Life: A Vision for a Peaceful Sudan
• Sudan at war with itself
  Washington Post special feature, April 2007
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Darfur project
   

Maps

• Map of Sudan showing Darfur and southern regions
• CIA World Factbook map of Sudan
   

United Nations documents

• UN Security Council Resolutions
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1769
    Hybrid peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Sudan, July 31, 2007
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1590
    Setting up the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in the South, March 24, 2005

  To view these resolutions, search for the resolutions by number.

• Arusha consultations on Darfur
  August 6, 2007
• Chapter VI of the UN Charter
• Chapter VII of the UN Charter