"The United Nations should vote to immediately levy hefty and serious economic and diplomatic sanctions against the government of Sudan, the government-sponsored Janjaweed, and any businesses or companies complicit through their government connections," Brownback said. "We must insist upon an arms embargo against the government of Sudan, travel restrictions of Sudanese government officials, and a freeze on the assets of companies controlled by the ruling party that do business abroad.  Two years after the conflict in Darfur began, not one punitive measure has been imposed on the government of Sudan."

Brownback and Corzine previously introduced S. Con. Res. 124, which formally declared genocide in Sudan.  It has been nearly six months since that legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress, followed shortly thereafter with a similar declaration by former Secretary of State Colin Powell.  However, since that time, attacks aimed at killing innocent civilians and destroying villages have continued and aid groups have withdrawn from the region.