The New Jersey Coalition Responds to the Crisis in Darfur, Sudan

While millions are still in jeopardy of being murdered or dying as a result of the genocide, the world seems to not be hearing their cries of the atrocity.

Please note the following information from the Armenian National Committee of America regarding the crisis and ask your students to become involved as is stated in the article.

Dr. Paul B. Winkler
Executive Director
New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is scheduled to visit Turkey next week to attend a summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC.) Turkish officials announced yesterday that they would not act on an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued against al-Bashir for war crimes.

The Ankara and Khartoum regimes have grown markedly closer over the past two years, with Turkey continuing to supply lethal weaponry to Sudan and increased trade between the two countries.

Human rights statement, issued earlier today by a coalition of anti- Darfur Genocide groups, calling upon the Obama-Biden Administration to protest the upcoming state visit to Turkey of Sudan's President, indicted war-criminal Omar al-Bashir.

Genocide Intervention Network, referencing al-Bashir's upcoming visits to Ankara and Cairo, stressed the importance of President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to ensure that a wanted war criminal does not continue to travel with impunity to the capitals of key U.S. allies.

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About Us

Phil Kirschner, Esq., Chairman
Rabbi Norman R. Patz, Vice Chairman
Dr. Paul B. Winkler, Executive Director

State of New Jersey
Commission on Holocaust Education
P.O. Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625

(609)292-9274 phone
(609)292-1211 fax

holocaus@doe.state.nj.us

We invite you to find out more, whether you require Group or Company specific information, simply explore the site using the links to the left.

The New Jersey Holocaust Commission is an autonomous body operating under its own policies and positions. It acts as a resource to the Department of Education to assist schools with various aspects of meeting the requirements of the mandate to provide Holocaust and genocide education. The commission provides curriculum outlines and suggested activities; identifies and publicizes demonstration sites for other districts to contact; and recommends informational resources and materials for teachers and students to use in the state.