In 2018 , Royce condemned the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and called for a stronger response to the crisis , saying that " Defining these atrocities for what they are is critical to building international public awareness – and support – to stop them . " Royce was formerly chair of the Africa Subcommittee . He co-led , with Colin Powell , a delegation to observe Nigeria 's historic elections in 1999 and led a delegation to Darfur to bring attention to the ongoing genocide in 2005 and led efforts in the House to bring Charles Taylor , the former President of Liberia , to stand trial before the Special Court of Sierra Leone
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