Only the immediate deployment of a robust and effective international
peacekeeping force can now keep the Darfuri women and children safe. Pressure
must be stepped up and maintained until the government of Sudan accepts such a
force. Every day Darfuri women wait for effective protection is another day that
more of them suffer one of the most appalling crimes against
humanity.
Mary Robinson
Former UN high commissioner for Human
Rights
Carol Bellamy
Former executive head of
Unicef
Hanan Ashrawi
Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion
of Global Dialogue and Democracy
Glenys Kinnock
MEP
Edith Cresson
Former prime minister of
France
Sigrid Rausing
Philanthropist
Prof Fatima
Babiker Mahmoud
Sudanese academic and writer
Prof Herta
Däubler-Gmelin
Former German minister of justice
Nicole
Fontaine
MEP
Agnes Nyoka Peter
Sudanese member of the
National Assembly
Yakin Erturk
UN special rapporteur on
violence against women
Emma Bonino
Italian trade
minister
Pola Uddin
House of Lords
Fay
Mansell
Chair, Women's Institutes
Graca
Machel
Children's campaigner