Edwards demands U.S. action for peace in North Uganda

[JohnLocke]

Edwards demands U.S. action for peace in North Uganda

Today, at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Senator John Edwards became the first U.S. candidate for president to call for immediate U.S. leadership for peace in northern Uganda. "We need to end the suffering in Darfur and Uganda," said Edwards. "Too many families have lost their homes, too many women and girls have been raped, too many children have been tortured and too many lives have been lost." Edwards called on President Bush to (1) make a public statement of support for the Juba peace talks, (2) dispatch a high-level presidential envoy to support mediation and (3) commit sufficient funds to the UN's Juba Initiative Fund. "As the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, there comes a time for all of us when silence is betrayal - not just betrayal of your own personal convictions, not just betrayal of your country, but a betrayal of responsibility to each other, to our brothers and sisters, not just in America, but all across the globe," said Edwards. "Now it is time for America's leadership to break its silence and return our country to its rightful place as a moral leader of the world."

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