Author Archives: Daniel Sullivan

Bridging the Genocide Prevention and Conflict Prevention Agendas

05/11/12

Excerpts of Comments by United to End Genocide’s Daniel Sullivan at the Alliance for Peacebuilding Annual Conference Genocide prevention and conflict prevention efforts are closely related but not always in synch and indeed at times butt directly against each other. … Continue reading →

Malawi Seeks to Prevent Bashir from Attending the African Union Summit

05/04/12

Last October, when Sudanese President and wanted war criminal Omar al-Bashir traveled to Malawi he was greeted with a red carpet reception and barely a whisper of protest from the international community. But today Malawi President Joyce Banda asked the … Continue reading →

Annan Syria Peace Effort Can Succeed Despite Failing

04/12/12

UN-Arab League Envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria has not failed. No, Syrian troops and heavy weapons have not been withdrawn from cities as called for, but as of 6am this morning in Syria, there have been no reports … Continue reading →

Friends of Syria Meeting a Tipping Point?

03/30/12

There have been a lot of developments around Syria this week but ultimately landing the world in the same place. Joint UN and Arab League Envoy Kofi Annan appealed to Russia and gained the explicit backing of the UN Security … Continue reading →

Don’t Move Too Soon on Burma

03/22/12

The world is watching as Burma’s Nobel laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi participates in the country’s April 1 parliamentary elections. What makes these elections so significant is that they might actually be the first free and fair … Continue reading →

Libya One Year On

03/19/12

Exactly one year ago today, the international community began its military intervention into Libya in response to the Qaddafi regime’s widespread violence against civilians. This anniversary should serve as a moment of reflection. Was intervention the right choice? Was it … Continue reading →

Unite for Syria: Stop One Year of Bloodshed

03/15/12

Today marks the one year anniversary of the crackdown of the Syrian regime against unarmed protesters in the city of Dara’a. Over 8,000 people have now died, more than 500 of them children, and nearly a quarter of a million … Continue reading →

Video: Dan Sullivan on Sudan Violence

03/05/12

Refugees continue to arrive at a camp in Yida in South Sudan’s Unity state after fleeing fighting in Sudan’s South Kordofan state. United to End Genocide’s Dan Sullivan recently returned from the area and in an interview with Voice Of … Continue reading →

Tiny Impressions from a Refugee Camp in South Sudan

02/29/12

I am on a small plane leaving Yida, a camp in South Sudan holding 28,000 refugees, and counting, from the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan just to the north. Two days ago when I arrived an additional 170 new refugees … Continue reading →

Raising the Alarm about the Crisis in Sudan

02/24/12

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nick Kristof recently visited the same camp of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan that Shannon Orcutt and I visited just two weeks ago. Kristof also found his way into the Nuba Mountains of Sudan … Continue reading →