> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Email from Hillary Clinton - URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19335/ - Published: 2005-02-25T17:02:10.000Z - Updated: 2019-02-14T22:32:57.000Z - Author: openDemocracy Supporters - Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15 At home, in my own personal capacity, I followed the [links](http://www.savedarfur.org/?ref=opendemocracy.net) in Caspar's post [Killing in Sudan](http://opendemocracy.typepad.com/wsf/2005/02/killing%5Fin%5Fsuda.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) and ended up on a page where I could email my Senator about stopping the [genocide](http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-6-28-1950.jsp) in Sudan. I live in New York. I forgot I had sent the email, until I received a response from Hillary Clinton saying she's been telling Colin Powell to do something about Sudan for *ages*. Sure, you might say its just a standard response. But what if it's not? It smells like democracy either way. From: Senator\_Clinton@clinton.senate.gov To: (PRIVATE EMAIL) Subject: A message from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:42:11 -0500 February 24, 2005 Ms. Solana Larsen (PRIVATE ADDRESS) Dear Ms. Larsen: Thank you for sharing with me your concerns regarding the situation in Darfur. It is important to me to know the issues that are foremost in the minds of my constituents and I appreciate that you took the time to write to me about this issue that is of importance to you and to many New Yorkers. I take this situation very seriously. We cannot stand by and let atrocities continue. The people of Darfur have been subject to a genocidal campaign of vicious attacks conducted by the armed militias of the Janjaweed, with the backing of the Sudanese government. The concerted acts of these groups have created a humanitarian crisis of astonishing proportions. We have an obligation to work with our allies and others to help protect the people of Darfur. In September, during Senate debate of the fiscal year 2005 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, I spoke on the Senate floor in favor of doing all we can to try to end the genocide in Darfur. In June, I joined more than 50 of my colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell urging him to work to end the atrocities committed by the armed militias operating in the region; to commit additional resources; to publicly identify those responsible for the atrocities and impose sanctions; to stabilize the situation through a monitored and enforced ceasefire and unfettered access for humanitarian aid; and to submit a United Nations Security Council resolution for a vote that would condemn the government of Sudan, demand cooperation in the provision of humanitarian aid, and authorize peacekeeping. Also in June, to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Chad, I co-sponsored a bipartisan amendment to the Fiscal Year 2005 Department of Defense Appropriations Act that added millions in funding for international disaster and famine assistance, and migration and refugee assistance in the region. I am pleased to let you know that the amendment was adopted by the Senate and this funding was retained in the legislation that was signed into law. The United Nations Security Council has adopted resolutions addressing the situation in Darfur. The United States government should work to ensure these resolutions have force, and continue its work with our allies to help bring security and peace to the region and end the suffering of the people of Darfur. Please be assured that I will continue to work in the Senate to help the people of the Darfur overcome the dire challenges they face. Thank you again for contacting me. Please check my website at http://clinton.senate.gov for updates on this and other important matters being discussed before the United States Senate. Sincerely yours, Hillary Rodham Clinton http://clinton.senate.gov