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For Immediate Release
September 26, 2006 |
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Shays Works for Ending Violence
in Darfur
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT)
this week took steps to help improve the security situation
in Darfur, voting for three separate pieces of legislation
to address the situation in the Sudan.
As Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging
Threats and International Relations, Shays visited Darfur
in August with Save the Children to observe the humanitarian
situation and the role and resources of USAID-funded NGOs
and UN agencies in addressing the needs.
Shays voted for:
- H.R. 3127, the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, which
authorizes the President to provide assistance to reinforce
the deployment and operations of an expanded African Union
peacekeeping force (AMIS) and directs the President to instruct
the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) to advocate NATO reinforcement
of AMIS, upon request of the African Union. Shays is a cosponsor
of this bill and voted for it the first time it came through
the House for a vote in April. It passed the House of Representatives
again yesterday by voice vote;
- H. Res. 723, calling on the President to take immediate
steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur,
with a specific emphasis on civilian protection, which passed
the House by a vote of 412 to 7; and
- H. Res. 992, urging the President to appoint a Presidential
Special Envoy for Sudan, which passed the House by a vote
of 414 to 3.
Contact: Sarah Moore, 202/225-5541
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