“It is imperative that the Sudanese government halt any offensive, allow UN troops into Darfur, and negotiate a political settlement with the remaining two rebel groups. Having declared the Sudanese government’s actions in Darfur to be genocide, the United States has a continued moral responsibility to ensure this outcome. We must expedite the appointment of a special envoy to Sudan to coordinate an effective policy. We must work with the international community, particularly China and Russia, which have commercial clout over Sudan to pressure it to rescind its Darfur policy and reach a settlement. We must also send a UN force to Darfur with or without the government’s consent to preserve the peace. Should such a UN force not be rapidly assembled, we ought to immediately deploy an interim NATO force with U.S. participation to preclude the continued and needless loss of innocent lives.”