World Refugee Day

By taking action right now, you can help turn a potential
setback to the effort to stop the genocide in Darfur into an
opportunity!

Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick - who
personally helped negotiate a peace agreement between the Sudanese
government and Darfur rebel groups - resigned.

Zoellick served as an advocate for Darfur within the Bush
Administration.  With him now gone, we must keep the pressure on
President Bush to act.  And since today is World Refugee Day -
created by the UN in 2001 to recognize the millions of refugees and
displaced people around the globe - there is no better opportunity.

Click here to send a message to President Bush. 
Remind him on World Refugee Day to appoint a coordinator of US policy
in Darfur and to push for creation of a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur.

Last month, Deputy Secretary Zoellick aided in brokering a peace
agreement - an important first step.  Yet with hundreds of thousands in
Darfur already dead, millions more displaced and many at risk every
day, we must continue to press for a solution.

That is why we are asking President Bush to appoint a special US
envoy to the region and to press for a UN peacekeeping force to be on
the ground in Darfur no later than October.  We cannot wait any longer!

Join us in asking President Bush:

• To push for a UN force for Darfur;
• To strengthen African Union troops already in Darfur until the UN arrives;
• To continue supporting humanitarian assistance programs in Darfur; and
• To appoint a special envoy to coordinate US policy in the region.

Click here to email President Bush today.  Today is World Refugee Day today - a day set aside to remember the millions of refugees around the globe - and now is the time to remind President Bush of the plight of Darfur's 2.5 million refugees.

Thank you for your continued support.