Statements From Western Leaders
On 18 February 2006 US President George W. Bush called for the number of international troops in Darfur to be doubled.
On 17 September 2006, British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote an open letter to the members of the European Union calling for a unified response to the crisis.
In supporting the United Nations Security Council resolution in 2007 to authorize the deployment of up to 26,000 peacekeepers to try to stop the violence in Darfur, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations, the war "the greatest humanitarian disaster the world faces today".
Read more about this topic: International Response To The War In Darfur
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