June 28, 2011 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Over the past months, the Sudanese Armed Forces have attacked and occupied the town of Abyei, shelled and overrun towns in Southern Kordofan, bombed several villages in Darfur, and blocked humanitarian access to all of these areas. These acts threaten to renew war between the North and South and come amid numerous reports of actions that may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. In light of this violence we ask that you suspend progress toward normalization and other rewards for Sudan, and impose consequences for the governments behavior instead. After the attack on Abyei, Special Envoy to Sudan Ambassador Princeton Lyman stated that such an invasion made diplomatic normalization, removal from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List, and debt relief difficult. The Southern Kordofan attacks led to White House calls for a U.N. investigation and for perpetrators of violence to be held accountable. We applaud these statements, but also believe that Sudanese leaders expect the U.S. to respond with rhetoric alone. Now is the time to prove them wrong. Please: Suspend progress on normalization with Sudan, including steps toward review of its state sponsor of terrorism status, debt relief and lifting of sanctions; Immediately impose targeted U.S. sanctions on officials and militia leaders implicated in orchestrating violence; Support expanding and strengthening existing U.N. sanctions in order to hold individuals responsible for instigating violence in Abyei and Southern Kordofan; Press the U.N. Security Council to authorize emergency planning for civilian protection and a stronger U.N. mission with a mandate that prioritizes civilian protection and access to sensitive areas on both sides of the North-South border; Call for a U.N. investigation into violence in Abyei and other border regions to ensure perpetrators are held accountable; and Press Sudans government to give peacekeepers and humanitarian groups access to Darfur and north-south border regions, including villages where displaced civilians have found refuge. Given recent violence in Abyei and Southern Kordofan, continued obstruction of humanitarian access, and aerial bombardments in Darfur, progress on rewards for Khartoum would be unconscionable. We appreciate your commitment to peace in Sudan and hope you will stand by your promise to meet aggression and obstruction with consequences. Sincerely,

Joseph P. Carson President Affiliation of Christian Engineers Ruth Messinger President American Jewish World Service Bryan Ardouny Executive Director Armenian Assembly of America Aram Hamparian Executive Director Armenian National Committee of America Laura J. Limuli Coordinator Brooklyn Coalition for Darfur Sara Caine Kornfeld Project Founder and Educator Change the world. It just takes cents. Don Kraus Chief Executive Officer Citizens for Global Solutions Roz Duman Founder and Director Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action Timothy Oslovich Chairperson Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur Mohamed Yahya Executive Director Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy Cory Williams Co-Founder Darfur and Beyond Bakheit Shata Executive Director Darfur Community Organization

Martha Boshnick and Richard Young Co-Chairs Darfur Interfaith Network Ahmat Nour President Darfur Peoples Association of New York John Bradshaw Executive Director The Enough Project Dr. Gregory H. Stanton President Genocide Watch Melanie Nelkin Coalition Chair Georgia Coalition to Prevent Genocide Susan Myers Executive Director Holocaust Museum Houston A.J. Fay Co-Founder Idaho Darfur Coalition Faith J. H. McDonnell Director, Religious Liberty Programs and Church Alliance for a New Sudan Institute on Religion and Democracy Eric Cohen Chairperson Investors Against Genocide Tzivia Schwartz Getzug Executive Director Jewish World Watch Sharon Silber Co-Director Jews Against Genocide Phil Nippert Chair Kentuckiana Taskforce Against Genocide

Julia Hays Founder and Director Keokuk for Darfur Annalise Romoser Director, Public Policy and Advocacy Lutheran World Relief William Rosenfeld Director Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur Dr. Timothy P. Page President Michigan Darfur Coalition Rev. Dr. Gloria E. White-Hammond Co-Founder and Executive Director My Sister's Keeper Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon General Secretary National Council of Churches Eileen B. Weiss Co-Founder NYC Coalition for Darfur Helga Moor Coordinator NY Darfur Vigil Group Barbara English Executive Director Orange County for Darfur, a Project of Living Ubuntu Mark C. Hackett Founder and President Operation Broken Silence David Rosenberg Coordinator Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition Rabbi Gilah Dror and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld President and Executive Vice President Rabbinical Assembly

Michael Pertnoy Founder and Executive Director Righteous Pictures Tony Kireopoulos Chair Save Darfur/Genocide Intervention Network Deborah Jones President Save Darfur Washington State Carmen Paolercio Founder Shine a Ray of Hope Dr. Timothy P. Page Director Southern Sudan Health Care Organization Gabriel Stauring Co-Founder and Director Stop Genocide Now Bill Andress Co-Moderator Sudan Advocacy Action Forum Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie President Union for Reform Judaism James E. Winkler General Secretary, General Board of Church and Society The United Methodist Church Jimmy Mulla Founder Voices for Sudan cc: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Ambassador Princeton Lyman U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice