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 Introduction
//Poisoned // water , barren fields, burnt houses. Children who lost their parents cry, hoping them to come back. The survivors are clumped together in shacks made out of the ruins of their burnt houses. They sit there trembling from the gallops of the horses of the Janjaweeds. This is an everyday life of the Darfurians in Sudan. How about the holocaust in Germany? Children was not an exception from the genocide. Gas chambers spouting out black smoke and fragments of bones make the surviving Jews tremble in fear. Hard labor everyday and cruel experiments with the twins were common sights in the concentration camps in Auschwitz. //**Never again.**// How many times did the world declare this after a genocide? **FIVE TIMES. ** After the most recent 1994 Rwanda genocide, the world said "never again" again. Now we are in the 21st century and it seems like the world is peaceful. Around you and me may be, but in Darfur, there is a current genocide going on which the world is __ignoring__. The world has been so conservative in the 20th century, only talking about the issue. Now it is time to **ACT**. // Now, //why would we want to help countries experiencing genocide, when it isn't even our country? If genocide is not stopped and keeps on going, it would look like a justified act and the government will use the cruel and savagew method to gain political fame. "Ethnic cleansing" the Sudanese government justifies it, but it is clearly a genocide in a slow process. If the world knows that genocide is happening, does the world have the responsibility to stop it? If the world does, then it faces a huge enemy: state sovereignty. State sovereignty vs. prevention of genocide. This is the real challenge the world is facing.

This project includes:

 * 1.**  **2 cases of Genocides- CJ**
 * **The Darfur Genocide**
 * **The Holocaust**
 * 2.** **Why does it matter? - CJ**
 * **What can we do?**
 * 3. Prevention of Genocide vs. State Sovereignty**
 * **Why is UN so conservative?**
 * **Limitations to intervention**
 * **Right to the point- Debate simulation**
 * 4.** **Bibliography Claire J**

cONCLUSION
//There// are many pros and cons of intervening and keeping state sovereignty. What we know is that genocide is bad, and it should be stopped. In my opinion, intervening with sovereignty is worth fighting for and worth losing trading partners. The world should keep peace and stop anymore killing of humans. From the World Wars, we saw how cruel killing people can be. We should not make mistakes like that in the future, thus prevent genocide. If the world act as a whole, the one country encouraging genocide can be eliminated and seen as a bad country, which will stop them from enforcing genocide. To make this really come to your heart, imagine if you were the one experiencing genocide. You lose your parents and become an orphan over night. Just thinking about it would give you the shivers. Place yourself if their shoe; it will make you realize what is right.

Go Beyond
//As// students, we can't do much, but by being educated that genocide is a cruel thing, our future is bright. Future governments will get more involved in global issues and intervene with state sovereignty when needed. To learn more about what you can do visit [|standnow.org]. STAND is a organization entirely led by students. Join the [|Genocide Intervention Network] and learn what current genocides are going on. Read the book [|The Responsibility to Protect] on the issue of state sovereignty and intervention.