Ambassador Susan Rice
A bipartisan group of 27 Senators wrote to US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice urging her to ensure that the UN Security Council does not tolerate continued human rights abuses and arms embargo violations by the Sudanese government and rebel groups in Darfur. U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain (R-AZ) led the group in writing to Ambassador Rice. They cited a recent report by the UN Panel of Experts on Sudan which states that “…almost all sides in the conflict have failed in their obligation to comply with Security Council sanctions,” and urged her to ensure the UN Security Council reviews the panel’s recommendations for action.
Joining Senators Feingold and McCain were Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Robert Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Richard Burr (R-NC), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Bob Corker (R-TN), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), James Risch (R-ID), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).
Read the letter to Ambassador Rice after the jump.
Senate Letter to Ambassador Rice on Darfur – December 14, 2009
The opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Save Darfur Coalition.
Tags: Congress, Darfur, John McCain, Russ Feingold, Senate, Sudan, Susan Rice, UNAMID, United Nations
