THE BEST HOPE FOR PEACE IN DARFUR. So maybe you didn't make it to this week's panel discussion on Darfur featuring Pulitzer Prize-winner Nicholas Kristof. Don't despair: You can still hear a crisp audio file of the event courtesy of New York Sound Posse!

The duration of the recording is 1:52 but, if and only if you're really busy, you have my permission to shave off the first 13 minutes, which mainly consist of introductions. Also take note that the Q&A (around the 1:20 mark) is good.

Some of the suggestions:

Pressure the U.S. government.
Pressure China.
Pressure Egypt.
Create a peace envoy.
Establish a no-fly zone.
The solution should be multilateral.
Make it clear that criminals will be held accountable.
Support United Nations involvement.

There will be a demonstration in Washington, DC on April 30, 2006.

You can send a virtual postcard to President Bush--who, perhaps surprisingly, came off pretty well at the Darfur panel except where multilateralism was concerned--via A Million Voices for Darfur or the White House. You can contact other United States political leaders via FirstGov.gov.

Thanks to Human Rights First for encouraging coverage of this. Previous coverage is here.

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