Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
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Item Many Approve of ICC Indictment of Bashir: Poll of 7 Muslim and African Nations: Strong Support for UN Intervention in Darfur if Aid Blockage Leads to Deaths(2009-07-16) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)A WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of seven majority-Muslim and African nations finds that, contrary to the position of their governments, publics in four nations approve of the indictment of Sudanese President Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, one is divided and two are opposed.Item The Darfur Crisis: African and American Public Opinion: African Public Says UN Has Right to Intervene to Stop Genocide; US Public Favors UN Intervention in Darfur(2005-06-29) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)While the leaders of African countries have shown strong resistance to non-African forces intervening in the crisis in Darfur, a GlobeScan poll finds that in eight African countries surveyed a majority (7 countries) or a plurality (1 country) believe the UN should have the right to intervene to stop human rights abuses such as genocide, and that the UN is the most popular force to intervene in situations like Darfur. Likewise, a PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll finds 61% favor the UN intervening in the crisis in Darfur, with 54% willing to contribute US troops. Seven in ten favor NATO, including the US, providing support to the African Union peacekeeping operation in Darfur.Item Americans Favor More U.S. Action in Darfur: Support U.S. Enforcement of No-Fly Zone and Sending NATO Troops(2006-03-23) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA); Stephens, AngelaThe crisis in Sudan’s western Darfur region, which began in 2003, has largely been pushed off the international news pages by escalating violence in Iraq and tension over Iran’s nuclear program. Yet despite Americans’ weariness of the Iraq war, a new poll by Zogby International finds strong support for greater efforts to stop the killing—what many, including the Bush administration, call a genocide—in Darfur.Item Americans on the Darfur Crisis and ICC: Large Bipartisan Majority of Americans Favors Referring Darfur War Crime Cases to International Criminal Court(2005-03-01) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)While the Bush administration opposes referring to the International Criminal Court Sudanese individuals charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, a majority of Americans (60%) favors referring these cases to the ICC rather than using a temporary tribunal, as the administration has proposed.Item Americans on the Darfur Crisis: Three Out of Four Americans Favor UN Military Intervention in Darfur(2005-01-24) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)As the UN Security Council on Tuesday, January 25 hears the report of a special commission of inquiry on whether genocide has occurred in Darfur, a PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll conducted December 21-27 finds that 74% of Americans say that the UN should “step in with military force and stop the genocide in Darfur.” Only 17% are opposed. Ten percent did not answer.