America and China: Sudan By: Mikhaila Thomas
Sudan North-south conflict Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) January 9, 2011: referendum About 200,000 Sudanese left dead and 2.7 million displaced
China’s involvement Arms supplier to the Northern government 2005 UN 1591 Resolution act Human Rights violations About $100 million worth of arms between 1996 and 2003
America’s response US presidential administration actions Hollywood use starpower Diplomatic talks with China and Sudan Awareness campaigns by Sudanese refugees
Project: Buy A Future!!! Fundraising $500 Guest speaker event Follow-up event: Julie Hill
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Work Cited "China’s Involvement in Sudan: Arms and Oil." Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights. . Human Rights watch, 11/24/2008. Web. 19 Jan 2011. <http://www.hrw.org/en/node/12243/section/32 >. "Landslide vote in favor of South Sudan secession: SSRC." Sudan Tribune 22 Jan. 2011: n. pag. Web. 24 Jan 2011. <http://www.sudantribune.com/Landslide-vote-in-favor-of-South, 37715>. Straziuso, Jason and Maggie Fick. "George Clooney uses Hollywood starpower in S.Sudan." wTop Associated Press 8 Jan. 2011: n. pag. Web. 25 Jan 2011. <http://wtop.com/?nid=114&sid=2227054>.