Responsibility to protect?

Thanks a lot for the powerful, spot on comment on the ongoing scandal of sacrificing the victims in Darfur to politicking in the absence of any meaningful action (Pambazuka News 171: Comment and Analysis). It is a shame for all of us who seem to be unable once again to do more than to watch in despair and disbelief. It confronts those who care once again with the painful but necessary task of redefining the meaning of international solidarity and how to act accordingly. All the solemn declarations since the genocide in Rwanda a decade ago are hollow lip-service and make a mockery of concerns in the absence of any implementation of the "responsibility to protect", as defined by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty.