Powell in Sudan to survey Darfur crisis

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell visited Sudan June 29 and 30 at the direction of President Bush to survey the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region and "find a quick resolution to the crisis," according to a White House statement by the press secretary, issued June 29. 

Citing "approximately $116 million in assistance" to Darfur by the United States and a total pledge of almost $300 million, the White House called on the international community "to coordinate its response and not allow a human catastrophe of this magnitude to unfold."

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