[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 383 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 383

 Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the 
   security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with an emphasis on civilian 
                              protection.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2006

   Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Obama, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
    Feingold, Mr. Dodd, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
   Martinez, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Levin, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. 
  Clinton, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Frist, Mr. Voinovich, and Ms. 
Collins) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

                             March 2, 2006

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the 
   security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with an emphasis on civilian 
                              protection.

Whereas, the April 8, 2004, N'Djamena Ceasefire Agreement, calling for an end to 
        hostilities in Darfur, Sudan, has been flagrantly violated by all 
        parties to the agreement;
Whereas the Government of Sudan continues to commit crimes against humanity and 
        engage in genocidal acts in Darfur;
Whereas the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government 
        of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Sudan People's 
        Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) on January 9, 2005, has not resulted in an 
        improvement of the security situation in Darfur;
Whereas United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has indicated that, ``People 
        in many parts of Darfur continue to be killed, raped, and driven from 
        their homes by the thousands.'';
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 may be 
        as high as 400,000 people;
Whereas nearly 2,000,000 people have been internally displaced, 3,000,000 people 
        are dependant on international assistance to survive, and over 200,000 
        people are refugees in neighboring Chad due to the conflict in Darfur;
Whereas escalating tensions along the border between Chad and Sudan have 
        increased instability in Darfur;
Whereas neither the mandate nor the troop strength of the African Union Mission 
        in Sudan (AMIS) is adequate to protect civilians in Darfur;
Whereas the United States has demonstrated leadership on the Sudan issue by 
        having United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations John 
        Bolton, in his first action as President of the United Nations Security 
        Council, request in February 2006 that Secretary-General Annan initiate 
        contingency planning for a transition from AMIS to a United Nations 
        peacekeeping operation;
Whereas, although the United Nations Security Council has concurred with this 
        recommendation and taken steps toward establishing a United Nations 
        peacekeeping mission for Darfur, it could take up to a year for such a 
        mission to deploy fully;
Whereas, as the deteriorating security situation in Darfur indicates, the people 
        of Darfur cannot wait that long for security to be reestablished;
Whereas the international community currently has no plan to address the 
        immediate security needs of the people of Darfur; 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, That the Senate--
            (1) strongly condemns--
                    (A) the continued attacks on civilians in Darfur by 
                the Government of Sudan and Government-sponsored 
                militias; and
                    (B) the continued violations of the N'Djamena 
                Ceasefire Agreement by the Government of Sudan and 
                rebels in Darfur, particularly the Sudan Liberation 
                Army;
            (2) commends the Africa Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) for 
        its actions in monitoring the N'Djamena Ceasefire Agreement in 
        Darfur and its role in diminishing some acts of violence;
            (3) calls upon all parties to the N'Djamena Ceasefire 
        Agreement--
                    (A) to abide by the terms of the N'Djamena 
                Ceasefire Agreement; and
                    (B) to engage in good-faith negotiations to end the 
                conflict in Darfur;
            (4) calls upon the Government of Sudan immediately--
                    (A) to withdraw all military aircraft from the 
                region;
                    (B) to cease all support for the Janjaweed militia 
                and rebels from Chad; and
                    (C) to disarm the Janjaweed;
            (5) calls on the African Union to request assistance from 
        the United Nations and NATO to strengthen its capacity to deter 
        violence and instability until a United Nations peacekeeping 
        force is fully deployed in Darfur;
            (6) calls upon the United Nations Security Council to 
        approve as soon as possible, pursuant to Chapter VII of the 
        Charter of the United Nations, a peacekeeping force for Darfur 
        that is well trained and equipped and has an adequate troop 
        strength;
            (7) urges the President to take steps immediately to help 
        improve the security situation in Darfur, including by--
                    (A) proposing that NATO--
                            (i) consider how to implement and enforce a 
                        declared no-fly zone in Darfur; and
                            (ii) deploy troops to Darfur to support the 
                        African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) until a 
                        United Nations peacekeeping mission is fully 
                        deployed in the region; and
                    (B) requesting supplemental funding to support a 
                NATO mission in Darfur and the African Union Mission in 
                Sudan (AMIS);
            (8) calls upon NATO allies, led by the United States, to 
        support such a mission; and
            (9) calls upon NATO headquarters staff to begin prudent 
        planning in advance of such a mission.
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