S. Res. 531
Special Envoy to Sudan

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Introduced on July 14th, 2006 by Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)

•  Urges the appointment of a presidential special envoy to Sudan to monitor the situation in Darfur, coordinate policy, lead negotiations and report on parties’ compliance with the Darfur Peace Agreement.

•  Authorizes the president to provide at least $250,000 to support the presidential special envoy.

•  Reiterates that both chambers of Congress have declared the atrocities committed in Darfur to be genocide and that an estimated 400,000 people have died to date.

•  Acknowledges that violence and instability in the region continues even after the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) was signed in May 2006.

Latest Status: 7/14/2006 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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