Risch on Sudan Genocide Determination

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the Biden Administration's announcement of sanctions related to ongoing atrocities in Sudan, and an expansion of an atrocity determination for Sudan which now labels the conflict as including "genocide."

"The Biden Administration waited until its last 13 days in office to label atrocities in Darfur as a genocide and to sanction the RSF and Hemedti. The administration's neglect and reticence to take meaningful action regarding one of the world's worst conflicts has undoubtedly hurt America's standing across Africa and the world. It has been nearly a year since I introduced a resolution calling the atrocities in Sudan what they are: a genocide. Additionally, I first called for Global Magnitsky sanctions to be imposed against the RSF and Hemedti 263 days ago - and yet these sanctions still have not been leveraged.

"This war must end. Further instability in Sudan will only breed terrorism and regional turmoil, threatening global security. The U.S. and our allies must seek to end the killing and atrocities, end the malign actions by proxies, manage migration pressures from mass displacement, and protect strategic interests like the Red Sea corridor."

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