Koffi Annan: Why we failed

1. Read the following article:

http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/UNdocs/KofiAnnansActionPlantoPrev...

Respond to former United Nations Secretary-General Koffi Annan's speech on genocide. Blog your responses.

Questions to Consider:
1. According to Annan, how can future genocides be prevented?
2. Choose at least one sentence. Quote it, and provide a response.
2. Do you agree with his plan? Explain.
3. Why has the United Nations failed to prevent -- and militarily intervene -- during the present-day genocide in Darfur? Why haven't we intervened?