[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 277 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 277

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the 
   allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United 
Nations oil-for-food program, the growing record of human rights abuses 
 by United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
    and the lack of action by the United Nations in response to the 
 genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign 
 from the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help 
                restore confidence in the organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2005

Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
 Gohmert, Mr. Carter, Mrs. Cubin, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
 Mr. Chabot, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
Akin, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Istook, Mr. Pence, Mr. Sam 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
   Marchant, Mr. Tiahrt, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Goode, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
Goodlatte, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
  Sessions, Mrs. Drake, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. 
   Neugebauer, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Bishop of Utah, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Ney, Mr. Wamp, 
 Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Renzi, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, and 
 Mr. Buyer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the 
   allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United 
Nations oil-for-food program, the growing record of human rights abuses 
 by United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
    and the lack of action by the United Nations in response to the 
 genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign 
 from the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help 
                restore confidence in the organization.

Whereas the United Nations has become the center of global scandals of 
        international importance;
Whereas the United Nations oil-for-food program has been the subject of four 
        investigations by the United States Congress, three Federal 
        investigations, and a commission of inquiry appointed by the United 
        Nations;
Whereas under the supervision of the United Nations, Saddam Hussein illicitly 
        accumulated more than $7,500,000,000 in contravention of the oil-for-
        food program and in violation of United Nations sanctions;
Whereas an independent investigation committee created by the United Nations 
        concluded that Benon Sevan, the Executive Director of the United Nations 
        Iraq Program who was personally appointed by United Nations Secretary 
        General Kofi Annan, illegally collected and transferred oil vouchers to 
        a personal acquaintance, resulting in $1,500,000 in revenue for the 
        African Middle East Petroleum Company;
Whereas the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 
        the second largest United Nations peace keeping mission in the world 
        with more than 15,000 United Nations personnel;
Whereas United Nations personnel have been accused of more than 150 human rights 
        violations against Congolese refugees, including sexual exploitation, 
        child trafficking, rape, and other forms of sexual abuse;
Whereas the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan has become one of the 
        worst humanitarian crises in the world;
Whereas the lack of action by the United Nations in response to the tragedy in 
        the Sudan represents a failure to meet the goals established by the 
        Charter of the United Nations;
Whereas the oil-for-food program, the United Nations mission in the Democratic 
        Republic of the Congo, and the lack of action by the United Nations in 
        response to the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan have all 
        occurred under the leadership of Secretary General Kofi Annan;
Whereas it is crucial for the international community to have confidence that 
        operations under the authority of the United Nations are executed in a 
        responsible and credible manner; and
Whereas the leadership of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan does not 
        provide the necessary confidence to the international community: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
due to the allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the 
United Nations oil-for-food program, the growing record of human rights 
abuses by United Nations personnel in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, and the lack of action by the United Nations in response to the 
genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan, Kofi Annan should resign 
from the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help 
restore confidence in the organization.
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