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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Ben Cardin (D-MD), Todd Young (R-IN), Ed Markey (D-MA), James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) in applauding the Senate’s recent passage of their resolution, S.Res.684, calling on the Government of Cameroon and separatist armed groups from the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions to end all violence, respect the human rights of all Cameroonians, and participate in genuinely inclusive international mediation toward resolving the ongoing civil conflict in Anglophone Cameroon.
“While the bipartisan support shown by the U.S. Senate conveys our concern for the human suffering and ongoing marginalization experienced by civilians in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, it is only a first step in the role the international community, including the United States, must play in encouraging both the Government of Cameroon and armed separatist groups to engage in dialogue, address grievances, end the conflict, and importantly, seek accountability for the atrocities that have been committed,” the senators said. “Due to the leadership shown by the U.S. Senate, we look forward to the United States taking new, concrete steps to encourage real participation in conflict resolution processes, so that the people of the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon can begin to recover from this dark period.”
Key provisions of the resolution include encouraging all parties of the Anglophone conflict in Cameroon to:
Rubio is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee that oversees human rights.