United Nations allowing defiance

Mia Farrow of Dream for Darfur says that the United Nations has been unable to standup against Sudan and the genocide that is unfolding there. (0:19)
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China ignoring its influence on Sudan

Mia Farrow says that her organization, Dream for Darfur, has asked to China to recognize its ability to bring peace to Sudan. Farrow says that China has been unwilling or unable to influence Sudan to change its policies. (0:43)
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Bush needs to reengage in peace

Mia Farrow, the chairwoman of Dream for Darfur, asks President Bush to reengage in the peace process in Sudan. (0:07)
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Sudan twisting UN resolutions

Mia Farrow, the chairwoman of Dream for Darfur, says that the Sudanese government is twisting Security Council resolutions and expresses hope that the United States will help to add more African troops in the region. (0:39)
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Historic statement from presidential candidates

Jerry Fowler of the Save Darfur Coalition discusses the joint statement regarding Sudan that the three presidential candidates issued, saying that it is the first cross-party statement since the Second World War. (0:27)
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Arrest warrants issued for Sudanese leaders

Jerry Fowler says that his organization, the Save Darfur Coalition, is asking the United States and the United Nations to issue sanctions against Sudanese leaders that defy Security Council resolutions, adding that International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two Sudanese officials. (0:36)
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Mia Farrow on Darfur

Actress Mia Farrow gave remarks on Darfur to the press during a conference call today.  Farrow highlighted the now five-year-long genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, as well as the United Nations Security Council's upcoming trip to Sudan.  Farrow also discussed how the upcoming Olympic games in China can be used to raise awareness of the role the Chinese government plays in Darfur.  (7:20)
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Deputy Spokesperson For the Secretary General Marie Okabe on Sudan

Reports of attacks on civilians in Northern Darfur.

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Kerry says US neglects Darfur because of "waste" in Iraq

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Darfur, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) says that the U.S. cannot take more extreme action in Darfur because it is overextended in Iraq. (0:35)
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Biden: When a nation engages in genocide, it forfeits its sovereignty

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Darfur, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) says that if it were his choice, he would “literally, not figuratively” unilaterally deploy U.S. forces to Darfur because “when a nation engages in genocide, it forfeits sovereignty.” He said that the only way to take action is for the United States to mobilize the rest of the world. (0:45)
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Darfur needs more helicopters

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Darfur, Jane Holl Lute, officer in charge of the United Nation’s Department of Field Support, says that there are 4,000 helicopters available in NATO countries, and asks if there are not 24 for Darfur. (0:41)
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War in the South Sudan may be inevitable, Ellen Ratner says

Ellen Ratner, calling in from Dubai after leaving Southern Darfur, says the whole issue is slavery. The government of Sudan refuses to call it slavery, and instead calls the "abductees." Slavery is illegal in Sudan, Ellen says, as there is a law passed by the British. However, there is no punishment for slavery and no mechanism to punish slave-holders. There's been a group that brings back these "abductees," she says, but they are being sent back with nothing- no food, supplies, or financial support. They just rely on the kindness of villagers, and the government of Khartoum has done nothing, Ellen says, to make sure that the people from the south can recovery from slavery. This may make war in the south inevitable when the vote comes in 2011 or after for independence. (1:19)
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A slave's children are considered children of the master, Ellen says

Ellen Ratner, calling in from Dubai after leaving Southern Darfur, says they met with refugees and some slaves on Monday. The slaves, she says, left Northern Sudan and were returning to their homes. One refugee who had been a slave, she says, was recognized by another former slave who had the same tribal markings. This slave had been converted to Islam and had children, and the slave's master was very upset that the children were going. Apparently the Islamic way, Ellen says, is that the woman is still held in slavery but her children are considered children of the master. The master was very upset, she says, that the government of Sudan was allowing his children to go with their mother. (1:18)
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A freed slave's story

Ellen Ratner tells the pain of a freed slave's life, and the hope of returning to her family. (1:15)
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Speaking with freed slaves in southern Sudan

Ellen Ratner describes the freeing of slaves on the border of Darfur. Some slaves are simply killed rather than sold, and even those that are freed often do not understand their freedom, not having known any other life. (1:52)
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Refugees in Darfur told Ellen Ratner they had their houses burned and their cattle taken

On location in the South Sudan, in a very isolated place called Majom Kor, Ellen Ratner says it is an amazing scene. The people that left their villages and went to Darfur, Ellen says, are being dropped off to their home villages without food or much at all. They talked about their needs, she says, and how their houses were burned down, and their cattle were taken, and how they had no food and had to leave. They are being repatriated in their home communities. They talked to refugees that were coming back from Darfur, she said, and when she asked them how many of them had a relative that had been killed or had been enslaved, every one of them raised their hand. (1:24)
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Sacks of Hope are the good that is helping in the Sudan, Dan Patterson says

On location in the South Sudan, in a very isolated place called Majom Kor, Dan Patterson says that they unloaded the Sacks of Hope, and it strikes him how much those fifteen pound bags will do. If you teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime, Dan says, but it doesn't apply here because these people are coming back from someplace else that is even worse, and all of them need help and assistance. Right now, he says, the Sacks of Hope are the good that is being done and helping these people. (1:17)
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The people in the Sudan understand horror, Jack Rice says

On location in the South Sudan, in a very isolated place called Majom Kor, Jack Rice says that people continue to stream into the area. Wave after wave crushes in, he says, and they are afraid of another attack by the Janjaweed. He says he asked over 200 people how many had lost a member of their family in the war, and says that over half of them raised their hands. Almost half of them also raised their hands when he asked them if they'd ever been enslaved. When we talk about horror, he says, these people understand it in ways that we rarely see almost any place in the world. (1:24)
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Difficult aid operations on the border of Darfur

Ellen Ratner reports on the infrastructure of southern Sudan and aid operations there. (1:23)
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Desperate living conditions for Darfur refugees

Reporting from the border of Darfur, Ellen Ratner speaks about the living conditions in southern Sudan. (1:42)
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