[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 102 (Wednesday, July 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H4578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST SUDANESE 
                PRESIDENT BASHIR FOR GENOCIDE IN DARFUR

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, last week marked the third anniversary 
of when the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for 
Omar al-Bashir, the sitting President of Sudan, on three counts of 
genocide related to Darfur. Four years ago, Bashir was indicted on two 
counts of war crimes and five counts of crimes against humanity.
  On Sunday, Bashir traveled to Nigeria to a red-carpet welcome and 
full guard of honor despite demands from human rights activists that 
Nigeria arrest him to face trial on genocide charges.
  This is an outrage, Madam Speaker.
  Congressmen Wolf, Capuano, and I have introduced H.R. 6092, the Sudan 
Peace, Security and Accountability Act. This bill strengthens sanctions 
against Sudan and requires a comprehensive strategy to address the many 
conflicts and human rights crimes occurring in Sudan, including the 
international strategy to enforce the ICC arrest warrants against 
Bashir and other Sudanese officials.
  I ask my House colleagues to join us in this effort, to cosponsor 
H.R. 1692, and to move it to the House floor for approval in the 113th 
Congress.

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