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On the recordMarch 6, 2008
I introduced this resolution because I think we have reached a critical point where we must act to stop this genocide in Sudan. I am proud that 40 Senators from both sides agree it is time to say ``no more.'' For more than 4 years, the world has watched this humanitarian crisis unfold--thousands have been murdered, tortured, raped, and displaced. Thousands more are languishing in refugee camps. Leaders from around the world--including President Bush, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, former President Jimmy Carter, Bangladesh microfinance champion Muhammed Yunus, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu--have all called for an end to this violence.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing a resolution on the genocide in Darfur during Senate floor debate.

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