Betty Bigombe, chief peace negotiator in northern Uganda, and John Prendergast have today published an Op/Ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer, titled "Stop the Crisis in Northern Uganda." They write, "Despite a more than 20-1 advantage in manpower over the LRA, Uganda's army has been unable to defeat the rebels, and the violence is spreading. The LRA's recent incursion into Congo, the killing of international peacekeepers, and an intensified terror campaign against southern Sudanese civilians threaten each country's fragile transition to peace. The situation is grim, and it requires policy makers with political imagination and moral courage to put forward a comprehensive military and political strategy."

The further write, "United Nations Security Council, with U.S. leadership, must promptly put northern Uganda on its agenda. It must appoint a U.N. envoy to support peace negotiations. The council, working with the Ugandan government, also should investigate external backing for the LRA and impose sanctions on those providing aid." Uganda-CAN supports this call for action, and hopes it will not fall on deaf ears in New York and Washington.