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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

A monthly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.


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Voice from the Field
July 27, 2006

Ken Bacon, the President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler from Khartoum after having spent eleven days in North and South Darfur. He explains what must be done to salvage the fragile Darfur Peace Agreement and emphasizes the need for security. President Bush met with SLA leader, Minni Minawi this past Tuesday, and Ken sent Bush a letter asking him to address these issues in his meeting with the only rebel leader to sign the peace agreement.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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Update on the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur
July 20, 2006

Sarah Margon, Conflict Policy Advisor at Oxfam America, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Darfur.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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A Report from Eastern Chad
July 13, 2006

John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk about his recent trip to Eastern Chad and parts of Darfur. He discusses the spillover of violence into Chad, the opposition to the Darfur Peace Agreement and the consequences of this resistance, the attempts to overthrow Chad's President, and the possibility of forced recruitment by the rebels in the refugee camps.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Human Rights in North Korea
June 29, 2006

Jay Lefkowitz, Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea, discusses the current human rights situation in North Korea with regard to human trafficking, systematic starvation, concentration camps, and refugees. He also tackles the relationship between North Korea's nuclear ambitions and human rights, and how the United States works with other countries on these difficult issues.

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Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Update

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Peacekeeping in Darfur: A Briefing from the United Nations
May 25, 2006

Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations, unpacks the process of the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Darfur. She addresses what an assessment mission entails, how assets are acquired for the operation, why most contributions come from developing nations, what type of mandate the Darfur mission will have, and why the timeframe for deployment is so long.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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Darfur Humanitarian Situation Update
May 4, 2006

United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, recently presented an ominous report to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Darfur. He discusses this report with Jerry Fowler.

Update: Mr. Egeland also published an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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A Week with the African Union
March 30, 2006

Award winning journalist and director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jon Sawyer, recently returned from Darfur where he spent a week traveling with African Union troops. [26:31]

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Special Episode: Report from the Chad-Darfur border
March 21, 2006

New York Times Columnist, Nicholas Kristof returns to the program to report on his sixth trip to the Chad-Darfur border as the violence is now spilling into Chad. [22:32]

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Sudan

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The Ongoing Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
March 2, 2006

The International Rescue Committee's, Rick Brennan, discusses his findings from a study recently published in the British Medical Journal, Lancet, titled, "Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Nationwide Survey." He speaks about the direct and indirect consequences leading to death in Eastern Congo, changes in mortality rates over time, and the social infrastructure that exists today. Senior Analyst at the International Crisis Group, Jason Stearns provides a political and historical analysis of the current situation in the Congo. He also talks about the presence of foreign militaries in the region, upcoming elections, and the lack of international response. [24:48] VIEW THE ONLINE EXHIBITION - RIPPLES OF GENOCIDE: JOURNEY THROUGH EASTERN CONGO>

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Tags: DR Congo, Humanitarian Update, Responses

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Genocide Watch - An update on the situation in Chechnya
February 9, 2006

Katerina Sokiryanskaya, of the Russian Human Rights Group "Memorial," provides an analysis of the situation in Grozny today. She discusses the living conditions in the city of Grozny, the spillover of violence in the region, Chechen leadership, and the everyday choices civilians in the region face. [25:26]

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Tags: Chechnya, Human Rights, Humanitarian Update, Legacies

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