Alderaan Refugee Conference

"We need legislation to defend the displaced citizens, to protect our soldiers from feeling there is no future beyond their warfare, and we must open channels through diplomacy so that we can end this war."

- Senator Padmé Amidala, during her keynote speech

During the Clone Wars, members of the Galactic Senate hosted a conference on the planet Alderaan to address the growing number of refugees who were displaced by the Galactic Republic's war against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the conference, bounty hunter Aurra Sing&mdash;under contract from Ziro the Hutt&mdash;attempted to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala. The bounty hunter was stopped by Padawan Aurra Sing and arrested before she could kill the Senator.