III 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 684 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; 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

That the Senate— (1)urges the President, the United Nations Secretary-General, the African Union, and other key members of the international community to pursue a comprehensive solution to the Darfur crisis by— (A)supporting efforts to launch a just and inclusive peace process; (B)ensuring the full and effective deployment of the UNAMID mission; (C)ensuring the free and unfettered flow of humanitarian aid; (D)promoting economic and political development programs; (E)supporting full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005; and (F)promoting justice and accountability; (2)condemns the Government of Sudan for its continued obstruction of the deployment of United Nations-African Union peacekeepers and equipment; (3)condemns the ongoing acts of violence in and obstruction of aid to Darfur committed by all parties; and (4)calls upon the Government of Sudan and armed parties in the region to declare and respect an immediate cessation of hostilities, abide by the United Nations embargo on the importation of arms, cease predation and attacks upon humanitarian organizations, and participate in international efforts to negotiate a lasting political settlement for the region.