Primary Sources

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International Agreements

• Charter of the United Nations (June 26, 1945)

• UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (December 9,1948)

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948)

• UN Whitaker Report on Genocide (July 2, 1985)

• UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's Action Plan to Prevent Genocide (April 7, 2004)

• Mandate of the UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide (July 12, 2004)

• Joint AU-UN Roadmap for the Darfur Political Process (June 8, 2007)

• Key UN Documents on Darfur: Including major resolutions, agreements and situation reports

US Official Remarks on Darfur

President Obama

• Statement on Darfur from Cairo (June 4, 2009)
  
  
• From Berlin, On the Campaign Trail (July 24, 2008)

• Podcast (February 15, 2006)
  
  
• Compilation of Speeches on Darfur (2004)

US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice

• Humantiarian Situation in Sudan (March 20, 2009)
  
  
• Arrest Warrants for Al-Bashir (March 4, 2009)
  
  
• Ambassador Rice on South Darfur (February 3, 2009)
  
  
• Video Statement by (then Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs) Susan Rice (April 29, 2007)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

• Press Conference (September 18, 2007)
  
  
• Statement on Darfur from UN Headquarters (August 28, 2007)

Then-Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain

• Joint Statement from Presidential Candidates (March 28, 2008)

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

• Interview with Patrick Poivred'Arvor of TF-1 (June 25, 2007)

• Remarks Following Paris Meeting on Darfur (June 26, 2007)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell

• Op-Ed on Darfur in Wall St Journal (August 5, 2004)

Andrew S. Natsios (Former US Special Envoy to Sudan)

• Policy Podcast - Sudan (June 4, 2007)

• Ask the White House Q&A (April 18, 2007)

• Darfur: A "Plan B" to Stop Genocide? (April 11, 2007)

• Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (with video - April 11, 2007)

• On-the-Record Briefing (December 7, 2006)

John Negroponte (Former Deputy Secretary of State)

• Remarks on Darfur and Sanctions (with video - May 29, 2007)

• Remarks at a Press Conference in Khartoum (April 16, 2007)

James Swan (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs)

• Civil War and Genocide in Darfur: Chinese and Saharan Dimensions (May 3, 2007)

• Testimony: The Regional Impact of the Darfur Crisis (March 20, 2007)