Lateefah Simon: “two items I have read on Burundi recently suggest that continued interest and support for peacemaking endeavors and…”

“two items I have read on Burundi recently suggest that continued interest and support for peacemaking endeavors and positive solutions really can be of help. The one is an article in the New York Times by two distinguished Americans, former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and David Hamburg, who heads the Carnegie Foundation. They co-chair the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. The other article, written by Jonathan Frerichs, appeared in the Christian Century. Both articles, which I ask be printed in the Record, suggest that anarchy and needless death can be avoided if we pay attention to this troubled land. I urge my colleagues and their staffs to read these two articles.”