[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 740 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 740

    Condemning in the strongest terms the attacks on African Union 
 peacekeepers that occurred in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on September 
                               29, 2007.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2007

Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Ros-
  Lehtinen, Ms. Lee, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mrs. 
 Tauscher, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Maloney of New 
York, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
Ms. Clarke, and Mr. Rush) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Condemning in the strongest terms the attacks on African Union 
 peacekeepers that occurred in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on September 
                               29, 2007.

Whereas, on September 29, 2007, an estimated 1,000 members of a heavily-armed 
        Darfur rebel group overran a small base in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, 
        occupied by the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), brutally killing 
        10 peacekeepers--seven Nigerian peacekeepers and three other soldiers 
        from Mali, Senegal, and Botswana--and wounding seven peacekeepers, with 
        50 soldiers missing;
Whereas, in an assault described by the African Union commander as ``deliberate 
        and sustained'', the rebel group broke into the AMIS base in 30 vehicles 
        with heavy artillery and mortars and battled for hours until AMIS forces 
        ran out of ammunition;
Whereas the attacks were the worst attacks on AMIS peacekeepers since the 
        deployment of the peacekeepers to Sudan in July 2004;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council condemned the ``murderous attack'' 
        on AMIS peacekeepers and demanded that ``no effort be spared'' to 
        identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of the attacks;
Whereas, in the aftermath of the attacks, Haskanita has been burned to the 
        ground, driving more than 15,000 civilians into the bush or neighboring 
        towns;
Whereas the attacks have been openly condemned by the United States Government, 
        the African Union, the international community, and civilized people 
        everywhere;
Whereas the Government of Sudan has not publicly spoken out against or condemned 
        the attacks; and
Whereas the attacks occurred amid international peace efforts to deploy a hybrid 
        African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to Darfur, Sudan, and 
        convene peace talks scheduled for October 27, 2007, in Tripoli, Libya: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on African 
        Union peacekeepers that occurred in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, 
        on September 29, 2007;
            (2) expresses its condolences to the people and Governments 
        of Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and Botswana, the families and 
        friends of those individuals who were killed or missing in the 
        attacks, and expresses its sympathies to those individuals who 
        have been injured;
            (3) expresses the solidarity of the people and Government 
        of the United States with the African Union and the African 
        Union peacekeepers as they recover from these cowardly and 
        inhuman attacks;
            (4) expresses its readiness to support efforts to bring to 
        justice those individuals responsible for the attacks and 
        efforts to detect, pursue, disrupt, and dismantle the networks 
        that plan and carry out such attacks;
            (5) expresses its support for the people of Darfur, Sudan, 
        in their continued struggle against extremism and violence and 
        support for their efforts to secure a permanent peace, justice, 
        and return to their restored villages and homes; and
            (6) encourage all parties involved in the conflict to 
        commit to negotiate a final and binding peace agreement at the 
        peace talks scheduled for October 27, 2007, in Tripoli, Libya.
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