[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 113 (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9565-S9566]
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   CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO HELP STOP THE 
                           VIOLENCE IN DARFUR

  Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations 
Committee be discharged from the consideration of S. Res. 559 and the 
Senate

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proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 559) calling on the President to take 
     immediate steps to help stop the violence in Darfur.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, and any statements relating thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 559) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 559

       Whereas the Darfur Peace Agreement, signed on May 5, 2006, 
     between the Government of Sudan and rebels in Darfur has not 
     resulted in a cessation of hostilities in Darfur;
       Whereas, although the United Nations Security Council 
     approved Security Council Resolution 1706 (2006), which 
     provides for a United Nations peacekeeping presence in Darfur 
     to replace the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), the 
     Government of Sudan has rejected the deployment of United 
     Nations peacekeepers;
       Whereas the Government of Sudan is engaged in a major 
     offensive in Darfur, in direct violation of the Darfur Peace 
     Agreement;
       Whereas violence in the Darfur region has increased since 
     the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement;
       Whereas Jan Egeland, the United Nations Under-Secretary-
     General for Humanitarian Affairs, has stated that the coming 
     weeks may result in a ``man-made catastrophe of an 
     unprecedented scale'' in Darfur;
       Whereas the African Union has decided to terminate the 
     African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) at the end of September 
     2006;
       Whereas it is unlikely that the United Nations will have 
     the logistical means or capability to deploy peacekeepers to 
     Sudan until the end of 2006;
       Whereas the people of Darfur cannot wait that long for 
     security to be re-established; and
       Whereas the international community must renew its 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 current military offensive of the Government of 
     Sudan in Darfur in violation of the terms of the May 5, 2006, 
     Darfur Peace Agreement and the April 8, 2004, N'Djamena 
     cease-fire accord; and
       (B) the rejection by the Government of Sudan of United 
     Nations Security Council Resolution 1706 (2006);
       (2) commends the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) for 
     its actions to date in monitoring the April 8, 2004, 
     N'Djamena cease-fire agreement in Darfur and encourages the 
     African Union to leave the AMIS force in place until a United 
     Nations peacekeeping mission is deployed to Darfur;
       (3) calls upon the Government of Sudan to immediately--
       (A) cease its military offensive in Darfur; and
       (B) comply with the deployment of United Nations 
     peacekeepers to Darfur as called for by the United Nations 
     Security Council;
       (4) calls upon the United Nations--
       (A) to deploy as quickly as practicable peacekeeping troops 
     as authorized by United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     1706 (2006) that are well trained and equipped; and
       (B) to begin considerations of sanctions as called for by 
     paragraphs 6 and 7 of United Nations Security Council 
     Resolution 1556 (2004) and paragraph 14 of United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 1564 (2004);
       (5) urges the President to take urgent steps to help 
     improve the security situation in Darfur, including by--
       (A) pursuing the imposition of a ``no-fly zone'' in Darfur 
     in cooperation with the United Nations, NATO, or NATO allies;
       (B) garnering support for NATO assistance with the handover 
     by the African Union of the AMIS mission to the United 
     Nations;
       (C) working through diplomatic channels to obtain the 
     support of China, Russia, and United States allies in the 
     Arab League in securing the compliance of the Government of 
     Sudan with the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers as 
     provided by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706 
     (2006);
       (D) supporting full funding for the United Nations 
     Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan;
       (E) securing the necessary support from United Nations 
     member states to schedule a special session on Sudan in the 
     United Nations Human Rights Council; and
       (F) appointing a Special Envoy to Sudan to head the Office 
     of the Presidential Special Envoy established pursuant to 
     chapter 6 of title I of the Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 
     Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234; 120 Stat. 439); 
     and
       (6) urges the international community--
       (A) to support the deployment of United Nations 
     peacekeepers to Darfur financially, with logistical and 
     equipment support, or through troop contributions;
       (B) to fulfill financial obligations to United Nations and 
     international humanitarian aid agencies for responding to the 
     crisis in Darfur or addressing humanitarian needs throughout 
     Sudan;
       (C) to impose targeted sanctions against members of the 
     National Congress Party determined to be responsible for 
     human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against 
     humanity; and
       (D) to impose sanctions consistent with paragraphs 6 and 7 
     of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1556 (2004) and 
     paragraph 14 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     1564 (2004).

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