Last August, when the UN Security Council authorized a peacekeeping mission for Darfur, it looked like the wait for peacekeepers had finally come to an end.
A year later, stalled by Sudanese objections, that peacekeeping force has still not been deployed, making it the first time in the UN's history that it has failed to deploy an authorized peacekeeping mission.
Today the UN Security Council authorized another Darfur peacekeeping force: a hybrid United Nations-African Union force similar to one that the Sudanese government has said it will accept.
The people of Darfur cannot afford another delay in deploying this peacekeeping force. Click this link to go to the SaveDarfur website and send a message to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and urge him to pressure world leaders to stand behind their commitment.
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