; Whereas, on April 23, 2023, the United States Agency for International Development activated a Disaster Assistance Response Team in a direct effort to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people; Whereas the fighting has continued despite the multiple cease-fire announcements, and the warring parties have failed to adhere to a Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan signed by the warring parties on May 11, 2023, that was mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia; Whereas prodemocracy neighborhood Resistance Committees, medical and professional organizations, and other civic volunteers in Sudan are helping to facilitate the humanitarian response to the crisis and providing vital assistance to civilians caught in the fighting; Whereas, 20 years after the start of the genocide in Darfur, there has not been meaningful accountability for atrocities committed, and there are disturbing reports of agitators in the conflict trying to mobilize communities in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan along ethnic lines; Whereas, on June 14, 2023, Khamis Abdallah Abbakar, the Governor of West Darfur, was found tortured and killed after he publicly described the RSF’s actions in Darfur as genocide ; Whereas the United Nations has said that compelling eyewitness accounts attribute Khamis Abdallah Abbakar’s killing to Arab militias and the RSF ; Whereas the Sudanese people have continued to call for an end to this conflict and demand transition to a democratic government under civilian rule; Whereas, on May 4, 2023, President Biden announced that it is policy of the United States to support a transition to democracy and civilian transitional government in Sudan, to defend such a transitional government from those who would prevent its initial formation through violence and other methods, and, once formed, to protect it from those who would undermine it