More U.S. Senators take stand for peace in northern Uganda than ever before
Following last week's Lobby Days for Northern Uganda (the largest lobbying initiative ever for an African issue!) and nationwide call-in day, more Senators than ever before lent their names to lasting peace in northern Uganda by signing onto a letter to the U.N. Secretary General calling for sustained engagement of the ongoing Juba negotiations and
an increase in U.N.-led recovery efforts on the ground in Uganda.
23 Senators and 16 Members of the U.S. House of Represenatives signed the letter, which was delivered to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon early this week. This is fantastic news and encouraging progress - it really is the largest number of Senators to ever sign onto a letter on northern Uganda. This development just goes to further demonstrate that when we take action, our leaders are compelled to do the same.
With recent developments in the negotiations and the prospect of a peace agreement literally at hand, it is more important than ever that we continue to put pressure on our leaders to act in the interest of lasting peace. Too much is at stake to shift our attention now.
Here's a list of who signed on:
Senate: Russ Feingold, Sam Brownback, Joe Biden, Norm Coleman, Chris Dodd, Larry Craig, Jeff Bingaman, Olympia Snowe, John Kerry, Pat Roberts, John Rockefeller, George Voinovich, Joe Lieberman, Saxby Chambliss, Daniel Akaka, Dianne Feinstein, Ron Wyden, Barbara Boxer, Dick Durbin, Mary Landrieu, Maria Cantwell, Robert Menendez, Robert Casey Jr.
House: Jim McDermott, Pete Stark, David Wu, Chris Van Hollen, John Lewis, Henry Waxman, Frank Wolf, Susan Davis, Christopher Shays, Darlene Hooley, Joe Sestak, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Allyson Schwartz, Bobby Rush, Tammy Baldwin