Co-Chairs of Congressional Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan on Executive Order for South Sudan Sanctions
Carrie Adams (Lee)
Mike Rosen (McCaul)
Daniel Scandling (Wolf)
Allison Mills (Capuano)
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congressional Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan co-chairs Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Reps. Frank Wolf (R-VA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), and Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement on President Obama's executive order on South Sudan:
“Today’s executive order sends an unmistakable message that the United States will not sit idly by as violence and human rights abuses continue in South Sudan.
“Those who are responsible for the violence and human rights abuses risk sanctions, and the United States will hold them accountable. It is incumbent on the international community to continue to support a lasting reconciliation so that this type of violence does not reoccur and to help broker a durable peace.”
Last month, the co-chairs of the Caucus on the Sudan and South Sudan issued a letter to Secretary Kerry that outlined ways to sustain high-level engagement between the United States and South Sudan in the ongoing peace process, expand access to humanitarian programs, and hold perpetrators of human rights abuses accountable. Full text of the letter can be found here.