Response to the Presidential Study Directive 10

Oct 7, 2011

Dear President Obama,
We write to congratulate you and your Administration on the recent release of Presidential Study Directive10.
As members of the Prevention and Protection Working Group, we welcome your personal commitment to these issues and are committed to supporting implementation of PSD-10 in whatever ways we can. We commend you for stating clearly in PSD-10 that the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities is a national priority of U.S. policy and a core moral responsibility of this country. We were pleased to see PSD- 10 begin implementation of S. Con. Res. 71 and take up recommendations of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. For too long, the international community has pledged “never again” but has not invested in the necessary policies, tools and strategies to avert mass violence and prevent the conditions that can lead to it.

The policy articulated in PSD-10 and the creation of a standing interagency Atrocities Prevention Board are crucial steps towards developing these missing capacities.

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To read the original Presidential Study Directive 10 read the Office of the Press Secretary Release

For more, read a blog post by Bridget Moix