There is an active effort to put pressure on Sudan over its policies in Darfur which is exemplified by California’s passing laws limiting investment with Sudan’s government.
I have always been concerned that sanctions end up punishing the people who most need help but this effort to reduce investment in Sudan – investment that never finds its way to the people – is worthwhile.
Governor Schwarzenegger of California signed the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act last week; the bill requires the state’s pension funds to sell their investments in companies trading with Sudan. The Governor urged President Bush to follow the same path.
“With a stroke of your pen, you can do far more than any one state to ease the suffering of millions in this war-torn region,” he wrote.
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