**Update - The UNSC has delayed the vote on the proposal to scale down UNAMID's mission in Darfur until July 13. Please keep up the tweets and help make the message heard that UN Security council members should vote against a further reduction of UNAMID's peacekeeping force. Tweets are at the bottom of this page.
On June 28th the UN Security Council will vote on a proposal to severely reduce the mandate for the UN's peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region (UNAMID). The proposal would confine the mission to the Jebel Marra area in addition to significantly restricting human rights monitoring and protection in the region.
A recent open letter from Sudanese, scholars, human rights organizations and leading activists to UN Security Council members, asks them to "vote against any further reduction of the UNAMID mission and instead consider a restructuring of existing resources to better meet the peacekeeping mandate and protect civilians."
The letter urges Security Council members to "recognize the vital importance of UNAMID’s presence in Darfur and consider the catastrophic impacts that further reductions in peacekeeping forces would have on civilian protection and peacebuilding."
Read the letter here. Amplify the message by sharing the letter. Tweet and post your own messages to UN Security Council members.
Suggestions:
.@UKUN_NewYork @USUN @franceonu @Chinamission2un @RussiaUN @NLatUN @SwedenUN @PLinUN @PeruEnLaONU vote NO on any further reduction of #UNAMID. #UNSC must uphold peacekeeping mandate & prioritize protection of civilians in #Darfur https://bit.ly/2JYynHz
.@Bolivia_ONU @KuwaitMissionUN @Kazakh_Mission @Ethiopia_UN @CotedIvoire_UN vote NO on any further reduction of #UNAMID. #UNSC must uphold peacekeeping mandate & prioritize protection of civilians in #Darfur https://bit.ly/2JYynHz
Violent attacks against civilians continue, armed groups target IDP camps- #UNSC must vote to sustain #UNAMID @UNPeacekeeping forces in #Darfur https://bit.ly/2JYynHz @CotedivoireOnu @PeruEnLaONU @PLinUN @RussiaUN @NebenziaUN @Chinamission2un @Ethiopia_UN @KazakhstanUNSC
Violent attacks against civilians continue, armed groups target IDP camps- #UNSC must vote to sustain #UNAMID @UNPeacekeeping forces in #Darfur https://bit.ly/2JYynHz @franceonu @KuwaitMissionUN @SwedenUN @Bolivia_ONU @NLatUN @USUN @UKUN_NewYork
#UNSC must do more to protect Darfuri civilians and IDP camps. @USUN @nikkihaley vote against the drawdown of #UNAMID peacekeeping forces in #Darfur https://bit.ly/2JYynHz @unamidnews
#UNSC must do more to protect Darfuri civilians and IDP camps. @CarlSkau @SachaLlorenti @KvanOosterom vote against the drawdown of #UNAMID peacekeeping forces in #Darfur https://bit.ly/2JYynHz @unamidnews @SwedenUN @Bolivia_ONU @NLatUN
.@UKUN_NewYork @KarenPierceUN must vote NO on withdrawing #UNAMID from #Darfur. Maintain peacekeeping forces to #protect civilians and IDPs. https://bit.ly/2JYynHz
Human rights activist and scholars call on #UNSC to vote against withdrawing #UNAMID from #Darfur. @RussiaUN @NebenziaUN @Chinamission2un
@Ethiopia_UN must maintain @UNPeacekeeping forces to #protect civilians and IDPs https://bit.ly/2JYynHz @unamidnews