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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 684 

Calling for a comprehensive strategy to address the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. 

LUGAR, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SPECTER, 

Mr. BIDEN, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. DODD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. 

SUNUNU, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. ROBERTS, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. 

BINGAMAN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. COLEMAN, and Mr. VOINOVICH) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Calling for a comprehensive strategy to address the crisis 

in Darfur, Sudan. 

Whereas more than 300,000 people have died and approximately 2,500,000 have been displaced in Darfur since 

2003, according to estimates by the United Nations; 

Whereas Congress unanimously declared on July 22, 2004, 

that the atrocities in Darfur were genocide; 

Whereas, on September 9, 2004, Secretary of State Colin 

Powell and on June 1, 2005, President George W. Bush 

described the crisis in Darfur as genocide; 


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Whereas the United States has led the world in financial contributions to humanitarian aid and peacekeeping operations in Darfur; 

Whereas, on July 31, 2007, the United Nations Security 

Council voted to deploy an historic United Nations-African Union (UNAMID) peacekeeping force to stem the violence in Darfur and create conditions for peace talks; 

Whereas only approximately 10,000 of the authorized force of 

26,000 peacekeepers and police have deployed to Darfur, 

delayed by Sudanese obstruction as well as by a failure 

of the international community to commit sufficient resources and to overcome logistical obstacles; and 

Whereas more than four years have passed since Congress 

declared the conflict in Darfur to be genocide and conditions on the ground in Darfur continue to worsen: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) urges the President, the United Nations 

3 Secretary-General, the African Union, and other key 

4 members of the international community to pursue 

5 a comprehensive solution to the Darfur crisis by— 

6 (A) supporting efforts to launch a just and 

7 inclusive peace process; 

8 (B) ensuring the full and effective deploy9 ment of the UNAMID mission; 

10 (C) ensuring the free and unfettered flow 

11 of humanitarian aid; 


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1 (D) promoting economic and political de2 velopment programs; 

3 (E) supporting full implementation of the 

4 Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005; and 

5 (F) promoting justice and accountability; 

6 (2) condemns the Government of Sudan for its 

7 continued obstruction of the deployment of United 

8 Nations-African Union peacekeepers and equipment; 

9 (3) condemns the ongoing acts of violence in 

10 and obstruction of aid to Darfur committed by all 

11 parties; and 

12 (4) calls upon the Government of Sudan and 

13 armed parties in the region to declare and respect 

14 an immediate cessation of hostilities, abide by the 

15 United Nations embargo on the importation of arms, 

16 cease predation and attacks upon humanitarian or17 ganizations, and participate in international efforts 

18 to negotiate a lasting political settlement for the re19 gion. 

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