EMERGENCY CRISIS PROCEDURES 2001-2003

 

• Nuba Mountain Range, Sudan, Summer 2001:  Gave
  comprehensive information to USAID regarding man-induced famine: USAID
  intervened.
  
   

• Sulawesi, Indonesia, December 2001: Released info of
  massacres to wire, press, and Congress: Indonesian President sent 4,000 troops.
  
   

• Zimbabwe, Mtebeleland, Spring 2002: Monitored use of
  man-exacerbated famine as an election tool prepared for press campaign. Stood
  down.
  
   

• Gujarat, India, Summer 2002: Hindu Nationalists prepare
  for further attacks on Muslim minority: Neutral Sikh police intervene. Stood
  down.
  
   

• Southern Sudan, Summer 2002: Issued first genocide
  warning along with many human rights organizations.
  
   

• Ituri Province, DRCongo, August 2002: Released Hema on
  Lendu massacre info to wire, press, UN & US: UN asks for more observers for
  Ituri.
  
   

• Ituri Province, DRCongo, September 2002: Lendu on Hema
  reprisal killings at a hospital was vastly under reported info forwarded to UN
  & US.
  
   

• Chechnya, Russia, December 2002: Russian government begins
  liquidation of Chechen camps in Ingushetia. The Center immediately reports
  crisis to influential policy makers.
  
  
   

• Ituri Province, DRCongo, March 2003: Center following reports of
  massacres and releasing info to UN.
  
   

• South Kivu, DRCongo, April 2003: Released info to press, UN & US of
  RCD Goma rebel attack on civilians. UN sends fact- finding mission.
  
   

• Ituri Province, DRCongo, May 2003: Center following reports of
  instability in area released info to UN & US. UN Security Council weighs
  in.

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