[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 17 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 17

    Calling on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assess the 
potential effectiveness of and requirements for a NATO-enforced no-fly 
                  zone in the Darfur region of Sudan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2005

   Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. 
   Feinstein, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Obama, and Mrs. Boxer) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Calling on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assess the 
potential effectiveness of and requirements for a NATO-enforced no-fly 
                  zone in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Whereas the Government of Sudan continues to commit crimes against humanity and 
        engage in genocidal acts in the Darfur region of Sudan;
Whereas the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government 
        in Khartoum and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army on January 9, 
        2005, has not resulted in an improvement of the security situation in 
        Darfur;
Whereas, on January 26, 2005, the Government of Sudan bombed the village of 
        Rahad Kabolong in the state of North Darfur, killing an estimated 100 
        people;
Whereas, in February of 2005, the African Union reported that the security 
        situation in Darfur had deteriorated over the course of the previous 
        four months;
Whereas, in March 2005, Doctors Without Borders issued a report that stated that 
        rape of women in Darfur continues unabated;
Whereas United Nations officials have stated that at least 70,000 people have 
        died due to violence and insecurity in Darfur, but that the total is 
        likely higher;
Whereas, according to the United Nations, the number of people internally 
        displaced due to the conflict in Darfur has risen over the past year to 
        nearly 1,850,000, and over 200,000 people are refugees in neighboring 
        Chad;
Whereas aid organizations believe that approximately 1,000 people per day are 
        dying as a direct and indirect result of the conflict in Darfur;
Whereas neither the mandate nor the troop strength of the African Union Mission 
        in Sudan is adequate to protect civilians in that country; and
Whereas all members of the international community must participate in efforts 
        to stop genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Darfur: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) strongly condemns the continued attacks on civilians in 
        Darfur;
            (2) calls on all parties to abide by the terms of the April 
        8, 2004, N'Djamena cease-fire agreement;
            (3) calls on the Government of Sudan to immediately 
        withdraw all military aircraft from the region and disarm the 
        janjaweed militias;
            (4) commends the Africa Union Mission in Sudan for its 
        actions to date in monitoring the implementation of the 
        N'Djamena cease-fire agreement in Darfur;
            (5) urges the President to immediately direct the United 
        States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization to propose in the North Atlantic Council that NATO 
        assess and report to members on the potential effectiveness of 
        and requirements for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone across the 
        Darfur region of Sudan; and
            (6) calls upon NATO allies to support the dispatch of such 
        an assessment mission.
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