The African Union will extend its mission for another 6 months beginning January 1. 2007. in order to provide additional time for clarification and implementation of how a hybrid force will be composed and deployed. Progress may be seen in these actions. but it moves very slowly. To date. since the Darfur crisis began in 2003. an estimated 450.000 people have been killed and more than 2 million displaced. In addition. some 220.000 Sudanese have been forced into refugee camps in neighboring Chad. and an additional number are in refugee camps in Kenya. Even though the Bush administration has declared that acts of genocide have occurred in Darfur. such declaration has not resulted in any major shift in U.S. policy. A shift should occur.