[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION OF GENOCIDE IN DARFUR

  (Mr. DOYLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago, Congress declared the atrocities 
in Darfur to be acts of genocide. Since acknowledging this genocide, we 
have implemented unilateral sanctions against the Sudanese Government. 
We've authorized funds for peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance in 
the region. We've called for concerted international action to end the 
abominations in Darfur, yet the genocide continuous.
  There have been 400,000 people killed, 2.5 million have been forced 
out of their homes, and 1 million continue to live under the constant 
threat of bombing, rapes, murder and torture by government troops and 
the janjaweed militias.
  International diplomacy has failed to force Sudanese President al-
Bashir to stop pursuing his genocidal policies.
  We cannot afford to fail anymore. Every possible means must be 
employed to pressure the Sudanese Government to allow the rapid 
deployment of an international peacekeeping force large enough to 
protect the civilian population in Darfur.

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