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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 390

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the peace

process in Angola.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 17, 1999

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. LEE, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr.

WYNN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives

concerning the peace process in Angola.

Whereas the Angolan people continue to suffer the effects of

protracted civil war since 1975;

Whereas National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels did not comply with the terms of

the Lusaka Protocol peace agreement and plunged Angola back into civil war at the end of 1998;

Whereas the United States is actively engaged in the United

States-Angola Bilateral Consultative Commission with

the Angolan Government to seek to deepen bilateral relations, to encourage the government to undertake reforms

to lay a firm foundation for a lasting peace, and to en-
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courage a role for the United States private sector in Angola’s reconstruction and economic development;

Whereas the United States has provided more than $281 million in humanitarian assistance to Angola since 1992 and

has been a key facilitator in negotiations between the

parties;

Whereas political and civil stabilization is a precondition for

growth and development of the sub-Saharan African region;

Whereas an enduring peace in Angola is central to regional

stability and economic development and consequently is

in the national interest of the United States;

Whereas the regional leaders of all Southern African governments consider the resolution of the war to be a top priority;

Whereas achieving a lasting peace will require that all Angolans work together to overcome bitter legacies of war,

which include a devastated infrastructure, millions of

unexploded land mines, a profound distrust between the

parties, weakened civil institutions, a crippled economy,

and a generation of young Angolans who have never

known a peaceful, civil society;

Whereas Angola provides over seven percent of United States

daily oil imports; and

Whereas determined leadership is essential to ensure that the

wealth of Angola, long wasted in waging war, now be

used to consolidate peace and invest in national reconstruction and human development: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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1 (1) supports the people of Angola in their re2 commitment to national dialog in pursuit of peace;

3 (2) urges UNITA to suspend hostilities and to

4 pledge to fulfill its commitments under the Lusaka

5 Protocol and also urges the Angolan Government to

6 suspend hostilities;

7 (3) urges the United Nations to swiftly reestab8 lish its presence in Angola under its new mandate

9 to promote human rights protection and humani10 tarian action;

11 (4) urges the warring parties immediately to es12 tablish peace corridors to facilitate the movement of

13 humanitarian assistance to feed the more than one

14 million internally displaced Angolan people;

15 (5) calls upon the international community to

16 remain actively engaged in support of national rec17 onciliation, removal of land mines, economic develop18 ment, and democratization in Angola;

19 (6) calls upon the Angolan Government to con20 tinue to implement elements of the Lusaka Protocol

21 aimed at accelerating the democratic transition;

22 (7) calls upon all parties to recognize and sup23 port the broadening and the implementation of the

24 movement for peace which is emerging from reli25 gious and civil society organizations in Angola;
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1 (8) supports efforts to establish a nonpartisan

2 Angolan Institute for Peace and Development;

3 (9) affirms United States support for Angolan

4 peace through continued direct engagement in the

5 United States-Angola Bilateral Consultative Com6 mission;

7 (10) urges the United States to support finan8 cially and diplomatically the efforts of the United

9 Nations Committee on Sanctions to identify and rein

10 in all violators of sanctions against diamond and

11 arms sales; and

12 (11) calls on the United Nations to work with

13 Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

14 to develop a monitoring regime to interdict all sup15 plies to UNITA and restrict illegal arms and dia16 mond trafficking.

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