Humanitarian+Aid

INTEREST GROUPS
[|Save Darfur] Cato Institute - [|policy position on Darfur] Physicians for Human Rights - [|Link 1] and [|Link 2] PBS - [|Obama administration policy toward Darfur] and [|African Union's efforts] Council on Foreign Relations - [|Crisis Guide Darfur]

To help with alternative viewpoints, this resource lists many candidates' views on US involvement in Darfur: [|procon.org]

HELPFUL RESOURCES
[|Obama Administration policy on Darfur] - Q/A - 1 hour video [|Los Angeles Times article] on past policy and possible future policy by the Obama administration. [|Public opinion poll] on Darfur [|Map1 (British Broadcasting Corp)]and [|Map 2 (US Agency for International Development)] of refugees/internally displaced in Darfur [|Explanation] of difference between **internally displaced person** and **refugee**. US Agency for International Development (USAID) 2009 report on Darfur -

[|Pie chart of US federal spending] and [|another one] and [|a third source] [|UN authorizes peacekeepers in Sudan - 2007,][|Christian Science Monitor article 2008] and [|follow-up situation August 2009] [|Comparison US & other countries as aid donors]

JUDICIAL BRANCH
Amnesty International - [|Information] about the charges against al-Bashir [|Information] about the International Criminal Court

EXECUTIVE BRANCH
The [|US State Department] is the agency that handles US foreign policy. Some links are included here to help you learn more about US foreign policy toward Sudan. 2005 State Department Report on Sudan - [|Link 1] - Obama Administration's Sudan strategy [|Link 2]- background briefing on Sudan [|Link 3] - State Department blog on Sudan [|Link 4] - Amount of humanitarian aid sent to Darfur (2008)

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
[|African Growth and Opportunity Act]

[|Legislation considered in Congress] (may have passed the House or Senate, but not both - so not signed by the President into law) - also considers laws passed by states.

[|Darfur Peace and Accountability Act]- 2006