A Sudanese woman shakes hands with Mia Farrow during her visit to the Greida refugee camp, South of the Darfur town of Nyala. "I don't think I'm reckless," Farrow said about the risks of visiting such a dangerous region.(AP photo)
Conversation on Darfur Story aired: Thursday, April 19, 2007
President Bush has promised to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on Sudan if that nation's president does not move quickly to stop the bloodshed in Darfur. Bush says Sudan must allow deployment of a full United Nations African Union peacekeeping force, stop supporting the Janjaweed militia and let humanitarian aid reach the people of Darfur.
Earlier this week Sudan said it would accept U.N. peacekeepers, but President Bush's comments follow a United Nations report accusing Sudan of flying arms into Darfur in violation of Security Council resolutions.
Mia Farrow, good-will ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, will speak before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today, asking that body to put pressure on China to stop it's support of the Sudanese government. Earlier this week we spoke with Farrow, who has made several trips to refugee camps in Darfur and eastern Chad and with Liz Walker, a well known Boston television journalist who's done a lot of reporting from Darfur.
