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Fact Sheet: Fighting Genocide in Darfur
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary May 29, 2007

Fact Sheet: Fighting Genocide in Darfur President Bush Announces Increased
Sanctions Against The Government Of Sudan

ÿÿWhite House News

ÿÿÿÿÿ President Bush Discusses Genocide in Darfur, Implements Sanctions

Today, President Bush Announced The Expansion And Tightening Of Economic
Sanctions Against The Government Of Sudan.ÿ The United States is now taking
the steps the President outlined last month because the government of Sudan
continues to violate its numerous commitments to stop the violence and
suffering in Darfur.
  þ President Bush Announced These Steps Last Month In A Speech At The U.S.
    Holocaust Museum. The U.S. held off on implementing them because the
    United Nations believed President Bashir should be given a _last
    chance_ to meet his obligations to stop the killing.ÿ It is now clear
    that he has continued to break his word.
  þ The World Has A Responsibility To Help Put An End To The Genocide In
    Darfur.ÿThe people of Darfur have suffered for too long at the hands of
    a government that is complicit in the bombing, murder, and rape of
    innocent civilians.ÿ The Bush administration has called these actions
    by their rightful name: genocide.ÿ

President Bashir Has Not Fulfilled His Obligations To Stop The Violence in
Darfur

President Bashir Has Not Met His Obligations, And The Dire Security
Situation On The Ground In Darfur Has Not Changed. ÿPresident Bashir_s
actions over the past few weeks follow a long pattern of promising
cooperation while finding new methods of obstruction.ÿ
  þ One day after President Bush spoke about this matter last month,
    President Bashir_s military bombed a meeting of rebel commanders
    designed to discuss a possible peace deal with the government.ÿ
  þ In the following weeks, he used his Army and government-sponsored
    militias to attack rebels and civilians in south Darfur.
  þ He has taken no steps to disarm these militias in the year since the
    Darfur Peace Agreement was signed.
  þ His senior officials have continued to oppose deployment of the UN
    Peacekeeping Force.ÿ

Today, The U.S. Is Taking The Steps President Bush Announced In April

The Department Of Treasury Is Tightening U.S. Economic Sanctions On Sudan.
  þ With this new effort, the United States will more aggressively enforce
    existing sanctions against Sudan's Government.
  þ The Treasury Department will add 30 companies owned or controlled by
    the Government of Sudan to its list of Specially Designated Nationals.ÿ
  þ The U.S. is also targeting an additional company that has been
    transporting weapons to the Sudanese government and militia forces in
    Darfur.ÿ
  þ All these companies are barred from the U.S. financial system, and it
    is a crime for American companies and individuals to knowingly do
    business with them.

The U.S. Is Targeting Sanctions Against Individuals Responsible For
Violence.ÿ
  þ These sanctions will isolate these persons by cutting them off from the
    U.S. financial system, barring them from doing business with any
    American citizen or company, and calling the world_s attention to their
    crimes.

The President Is Directing The Secretary Of State To Consult With The
United Kingdom And Other Allies On A New United Nations Security Council
Resolution.
  þ This resolution will apply new sanctions against the Government of
    Sudan and against individuals found to be violating human rights or
    obstructing the peace process.
  þ It will impose an expanded embargo on arms sales to the Government of
    Sudan.
  þ It will prohibit Sudan_s Government from conducting any offensive
    military flights over Darfur.ÿ
  þ It will strengthen the international community_s ability to monitor and
    report any violations.ÿ

Today_s Action Builds On Previous U.S. Efforts To Achieve Peace In Darfur

America_s Commitment Is Clear, And We Are Working For The Day When The
Families Of This Troubled Region Are Able To Return Safely To Their Homes
And Rebuild Their Lives In Peace.
  þ Since this conflict began, we have provided more than $1.7 billion in
    humanitarian and peacekeeping assistance for Darfur.
  þ The U.S. is the world_s largest single donor to the people of Darfur.ÿ

The U.S. Will Continue To Push For UN Support For African Union
Peacekeepers And Quick Transition To A UN-African Union Force.ÿ
  þ African Union peacekeepers remain the only force in Darfur that is
    protecting the people.ÿ
  þ The U.S. will continue to work for the deployment of a larger, hybrid
    force of African Union and UN peacekeeping troops.
  þ We will continue to support the diplomacy of UN Secretary General Ban
    Ki-moon.
  þ The U.S. will also continue to insist on the full implementation of the
    Darfur Peace Agreement.
  þ The U.S. will continue to promote a broadly supported and inclusive
    political settlement that is the only long-term solution for the crisis
    in Darfur.

The United States Will Not Avert Our Eyes From A Crisis That Challenges The
Conscience Of The World
  þ The people of Darfur are crying out for our help  and they deserve
    it.ÿ
  þ The United Nations Security Council, the African Union, and all members
    of the international community must reject efforts to obstruct
    implementation of the agreements that would bring peace to Darfur and
    Sudan.ÿ
  þ President Bashir should stop his obstruction, allow the peacekeepers
    in, and end the campaign of violence that continues to target innocent
    men, women, and children.

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