Dear Members of the United Nations Security Council

November 11, 2012

Dear Members of the United Nations Security Council,

Thank you for your attention with regard to resolving the outstanding matters between Sudan and South Sudan related to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 and for your efforts to address the dangerous and ongoing crises in Sudan.

We write to you in reference to UNSC Resolution 2046 and your expressed intention to take appropriate measures under Article 41 of the UN Charter if any or all parties fail to comply with the Resolution.

We understand some progress has been made as outlined in the African Union Peace and Security Council Communique dated October 24, 2012. However, the immediate life threatening conditions faced by civilians in the Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan and Blue Nile are ongoing and intensifying due to increased bombing by the Government of Sudan and its persistent refusal for over a year to allow access for critically needed humanitarian aid. In addition, violence by the government and its proxies against IDPs and residents of Darfur, who are also without adequate humanitarian aid, is escalating.

Urgent and decisive action by the UN Security Council is required to save lives.

We understand you will soon review and vote on the recommendations put forth in the above referenced AUPSC Communique. We do not believe the Communique is adequate in addressing the crises in the two states and, as expected, it does not include necessary recommendations for Darfur.

Therefore, we urge the UN Security Council to adopt the recommendations outlined in the Enough Project policy brief, “Not Just Mediation: The United Nations Security Council’s Role in Supporting Peace in the Two Sudans” dated November 7, 2012.

Specifically, we request the UN Security Council to immediately take the following steps:

 Define a strict timeline by which the government of Sudan must permit unfettered international humanitarian assistance into the two states.

 Define specific consequences, per UNSC Resolution 2046, if aid is not flowing into the two states per the timeline, including taking all required measures to deliver aid, with or without the government’s consent.

 Provide civilian protection and unfettered international humanitarian aid in Darfur and outline specific consequences for the government if it impedes these efforts.

Thank you for your consideration of these urgent matters and for your ongoing commitment to maintain international peace and security.

Signed by:

1. Aegis Trust 2. African Soul, American Heart 3. Alliance for the Lost Boys of Sudan 4. American Jewish World Service 5. Arry Organization for Human Rights and Development 6. Beja Organization for Human Rights and Development 7. Bnai Darfur Organization in Israel 8. Brooklyn Coalition for Darfur & Marginalized Sudan 9. Canadians Against Slavery and Torture in Sudan 10. Christian Solidarity International-USA 11. ClarkU STAND 12. Collectif Urgence Darfour 13. Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action 14. Combat Genocide Association (CGA) 15. Comité Soudan 16. Community Empowerment for Progress Organization - CEPO 17. Community of South Sudanese and America Women/Men 18. Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur 19. Darfur Action Group of South Carolina 20. Darfur and Beyond 21. Darfur Friends Association Israel 22. Darfur Human Rights Organization of the USA 23. Darfur Interfaith Network 24. Darfur Leaders Network (DLN), USA 25. Darfur People's Association of New York 26. Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre 27. Darfur Union, UK & Ireland 28. Dear Sudan Love Marin 29. Doctors to the World 30. Enough Project 31. Episcopal Diocese of Iowa 32. Equatorian South Sudanese Association 33. Eric Reeves, Smith College 34. Genocide No More - Save Darfur 35. Genocide Prevention Institute 36. Genocide Watch 37. Georgia Coalition to Prevent Genocide 38. Help Nuba 39. Hope With South Sudan 40. Human Rights & Advocacy Network for Democracy (HAND) 41. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) 42. Humanity Is Us 43. Humanity United 44. Idaho Darfur Coalition 45. Jerusalem Center for Genocide Prevention (JC4GP) 46. Joining Our Voices 47. Justice and Peace Commission, Diocese of Wau, South Sudan 48. Kentuckiana Taskforce Against Genocide 49. Live Well South Sudan 50. Living Ubuntu 51. Lord Alton of Liverpool 52. Mia Farrow, Actress and Humanitarian 53. Moro Association of United States, Inc. 54. My Sister's Keeper 55. Never Again Coalition 56. New York Darfur Vigil Group 57. Nuba Christian Family Mission, Inc. 58. Nuba Mountain Peace Coalition 59. Nuba Mountains International Assoc. USA 60. Nuba Peace Initiative 61. Nuba Relief, Rehabilitation and Development Organization 62. Nuba Vision Coalition, Inc. 63. Nubia Project 64. Operation Broken Silence 65. Panaruu Coalition for Humanitarian Aid Rehabilitation and Development Inc. 66. Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition 67. Rehab Nova International 68. Shine A Ray of Hope 69. South Sudan Community in Germany 70. St. Clare's Episcopal Church 71. Stop Genocide Now 72. Sudan Advocacy Action Forum 73. Sudan Human Rights Network 74. Sudan Rowan Inc. 75. Sudan Unlimited 76. Sudanese Ministry Committee, Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi 77. Sudanese Women Action Networks 78. The Institute on Religion and Democracy 79. THE INSTITUTE on Religion and Public Policy 80. Triangles of Truth 81. Ubuntu Women Institute USA Inc. 82. United Sudanese and South Sudanese Community Association 83. United to End Genocide 84. Use Your Voice to Stop Genocide RI 85. Waging Peace 86. Women Rehabilitation Development International Foundation 87. World Without Genocide