Sound bites.'American universities [must] address the hundreds of millions of dollars they have invested in companies facilitating the Khartoum government's genocide genocide, in international law, the intentional and systematic destruction, wholly or in part, by a government of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. .' --Jason Miller, co-chair, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Sudan Disinvestment Disinvestment 1. The action of an organization or government selling or liquidating an asset or subsidiary. Also known as "divestiture". 2. A reduction in capital expenditure, or the decision of a company not to replenish depleted capital goods. Notes: 1. Task Force, commenting on the Sudan government's human rights abuses in the Darfur region. |
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