S. RES.559
 
Diplomatic and U.S. Intervention for Peace in Darfur

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Introduced on September 7, 2006 by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE).

• Criticizes the military offensive of the government of Sudan in Darfur in disobedience of the terms of the May 5, 2005, Darfur Peace Agreement and the April 8, 2004, N'Djamena to cease fire in the region.

• Requests the international community to aid the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers to Darfur.

• Urges the president to assign a special envoy to Sudan.

• Calls upon the U.N. to levy embattled sanctions of Security Council Resolution 1556 (2004) and paragraph 14 of Security Council Resolution 1564 (2004).
 
• Calls upon the president to fully fund a U.N. Peacekeeping Mission to Sudan.

• Urges the president to work with allies in the U.N. and NATO to Impose a "no fly zone" in Darfur.

Latest Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations