We pressed successfully for the Administration to declare that the campaign of ethnic cleansing and atrocities against civilians in Sudan is genocide. The atrocities are committed primarily by the government of Sudan and its allied Janjaweed militias. It has been more than a year since I flew to Chad. walked across the border to Sudan. and met with African Union troops who pleaded for more peacekeeping authority and the resources to protect the refugees from violence. rather than merely monitor it. After returning from that Congressional delegation. I worked with other Members of Congress to secure increased funding to aid the thousands of Sudanese displaced to refugee camps in Chad and to provide additional funding to assist Chad in responding to the humanitarian crisis. It has been almost two years since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1556 demanding that the government of Sudan disarm the Janjaweed. This demand was later followed by Resolution 1706. which authorizes a 20.000 strong U.N. peacekeeping force.
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