Genocide has been going on in Darfur already for some time. Everyone on this globe is familiar with the facts; everyone has heard about Sudan's burning situation. So why doesn't anyone seem to be taking action? Why is the situation permitted to continue, as it is? Why has Sudan not become the focus of media attention? Why despite General Secretary Annan's personal attention, the UN as an organization is largely ignoring the problem?
It seems, as Evelyn Gordon argued in an article at the Jerusalem Post, that we have a problem because Sudan is an unpopular cause, and no single country can be finger-printed for direct national interests in that area. For political, and possibly military action to be taken, very vital interests of a country would have to be at stake. For UN to be involved, those interests would have to be strong indeed. For UN genocide is not enough of a reason to rally its member states. Second, public pressure for any action at all is non-existing. UN and member states would act if public pressure existed but it doesn't because the media is not active enough. UN and world media are inactive together in this one.
Strange considering that much less threatening conflicts can garner huge media attention and condemnations by the General Assembly.
Sadly in the case of Darfur, both the world body and world media seem to have taken the road of inaction and silence. Nothing will be happening anytime soon unless people themselves around the world see this hypocrisy.
posted by Emilia.kk @ 1:47 PM
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