House Subcommittee Hearing Reviews U.S. Sudan Policy - The Huffington Post

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Date: 
Dec 3, 2009
Author: 
John Prendergast

Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health today at a hearing to review the administration's new Sudan policy, I expressed the Enough Project's deep concern that the existing strategy of the United States and the broader international community to prevent all-out war in Sudan is failing.

One month after the release of the Obama administration's new policy, the situation on the ground has further deteriorated, with life or death implications.

Central to the administration's new policy is support for full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, as U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration reiterated in his testimony today.

To date, not one of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement's (CPA) preconditions for holding credible elections has been met. The risks of ignoring preconditions and holding a non-credible election are enormous.

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