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Skorton Announces Sudan Policy

Cornell to selectively divest from companies that support gov't

August 23, 2006 - 5:00pm
By David Wittenberg

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Cornell to selectively divest from companies that support gov't

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Cornell will divest from Sudan in response to the genocide in Darfur, President David Skorton announced on Monday. The University will bar investments of its endowment assets in oil companies currently operating in Sudan and in obligations of the Sudanese government, according to a press release issued by the administration. The government of Sudan has long been under fire from the international community for rapes and murders being perpetrated on tribespeople by so-called janjaweed militia in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. Skorton and local and national activists are enthusiastic about Cornell’s decision to divest from the country.