Presentation of the association
MOTIVATIONS
| ‘Vigilance Soudan’ was created by people militating for the Human Rights around a group of former residents in Sudan. As is usually the case with all those who have lived in the Sudan for some time, they had fallen in love with the country and its noble and generous people. They could not sit idle while the country was physically and morally raped under their eyes after the 1989 coup d’état. From then onwards, many testimonies came to reinforce their opinion on what was really going on in the Sudan. Rony Brauman, who was at the head of ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’, declared that the Sudan had the unenviable privilege of beating all other countries in the world in perpetrating horrors among the local population. Pope John Paul II expressed the opinion that the great majority of the Christians in the Sudan were reliving Christ’s passion on Calvary in their every day life. Gaspar Biro, special envoy of the United Nations, has for several years not minced his words to stigmatise the violation of all human rights at all levels throughout the Sudan; in the districts where civil strife is rife, he speaks of ‘massacres, enslavement, and the use of famine as a weapon’. |
| 1) Publication of the review Vigilance Soudan in three different versions
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- the monthly edition in French which has appeared ten times a year since the beginning of the Association, and which has now reached Nr 66 - the quarterly edition in French, which is shorter - the quarterly edition in English , which is made possible by English speaking volunteers The magazine under its three versions is distributed among voluntary subscribers and sent to people occupying positions of responsibility in France and elsewhere, a grand total of 5,500 readers. It is always possible to consult the latest monthly edition in French, the latest quarterly edition in English, as well as the archives for old numbers. 2) The General Secretary of the Association gives conferences in France and in Europe as well as interviews to the media, newspapers, radio and television 3) The Association sets up meetings and participates in the sharing of ideas and information. The Association often brings technical help to organisations that are focused on the problems of the Sudan, and makes its documentation available for research. All the work undertaken by the Association is done on a voluntary basis. Moreover it is essentially a lay, not a clerical, organisation . |
MEANS OF ACTION
| The Association lives and develops thanks to financial subsidies and contributions from supporters. This is as good an occasion as any to say thank you to all of them for their generosity and that we need then more than ever. |